Six people died in landslides in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz as what had been Tropical Storm Earl dumped heavy rains on the region, authorities said Saturday.
Veracruz Civil Protection Secretary Yolanda Gutierrez Carlin said the dead included a child, and officials in neighboring Puebla state warned that rivers in the mountainous area were in danger of flooding.
"The heavy rains caused two landslides leading to the deaths of six people in the townships of Coscomatepec and Tequila," Gutierrez Carlin said.
In Coscomatepec, about 62 miles (100 kilometers) south of the Veracruz state capital, Xalapa, a married couple and . . .
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