Disasters

Deaths in Mexico during Rachel and Simon

Five people were reported killed in Mexico during storms linked to Tropical Storm Rachel and Hurricane Simon. Four members of the same family, two adults and two children, died in flooding caused by heavy rainfall near the coastal town of Ensenada in Baja California.

A 71-year-old man died in Chilpancingo, in the state of Guerrero. The reported death toll had earlier been four before rising to five.