Toluca: Eleven people have been killed in a landslide in central Mexico and 18 more died elsewhere this week in severe and unseasonable winter storms that closed schools and freeways and flooded thousands of homes.
State prosecutors spokesman Alfredo Albitir said ten men and a woman died in central Mexico state after a mud and boulders loosened by heavy rains swept down a highway on Friday. At least 20 more people are reported missing.
The heavy rain storms sent rivers over their banks in the neighbouring state of Michoacan where at least 16 people, including three children, were killed on Wednesday and Thursday.
Michoacan Interior Secretary Fidel Calderon Torreblanca said several people are still missing and that at least 2,000 homes were damaged.
