During the month of September, landslides have been happening left and right in southern Mexico. Authorities think the landslides are occurring because of all the rain they have been getting. One specific town that was hit hard by a landslide was Oaxaca, a small village on a mountain.
The landslide started Tuesday, Sept. 28, at around 3:40 a.m. It was dark and raining hard. The governor, Ulises Ruiz, was called by the mayor and was told that several people and hundreds of houses may have been buried. Later that day Ulises Ruiz appeared on television and said that the number of deaths could be as high as 1,000. Later authorities announced that they thought there were seven casualties and 100 missing. But Ulises Ruiz soon announced that there were only four dead and twelve missing. Later, they finally announced the real facts. First, the deaths were not confirmed and 200 houses were evacuated. Three houses were completely buried, while two were only half buried.
The search continues for those who were buried and those waiting to be rescued, and Mexican workers will spend a great deal of time clearing out the debris. Help was needed immediately, but now they are overpopulated by rescuers. Reports are saying that because there are so many of them, it is making it harder to dig and clear out debris. As they are clearing up debris there is going to be a lot of work ahead for the residents of Oaxaca, Mexico, to build up their village to what it was before.
--By Elizabeth Farwell
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