The Guadalajara Reporter

Tonala ravaged by severe storms

The Mexican Army was called in to help evacuate Tonala residents on Monday, as heavy storms left hundreds of properties flooded, causing millions of pesos of damage.

Tonala’s municipal government sought to delare a state of emergency after the torrential downpour caused damage to 164 homes, 46 stores, 27 vehicles and 18 streets in seven neighborhoods. Soldiers and Civil Protection Unit workers took more than 60 people from their homes to a shelter run by the Family Development Agency (DIF), while Mayor Jorge Araña Araña estimated that at least 20 million pesos of damage had been done.

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