Around eight killed as Tropical Storm Grace slams Mexico

Buenos Aires (dpa), 22 Aug, 2021–
At least eight people were killed after Tropical Storm Grace wreaked havoc in eastern Mexico, bringing floods and power outages.

The governor of the state of Veracruz said a woman and five children were killed in a landslide in the town of Banderilla on Saturday. A man was killed in Poza Rica, and another child died in the collapse of a house in Xalapa. Grace had hit Mexico’s Gulf Coast as a hurricane and then quickly lost strength over land. However, the storm did bring heavy rain.

Civil defence reported landslides and flooding in several areas. Trees were uprooted, pylons toppled and roads flooded in almost two dozen towns in the state of Veracruz.