POZA RICA, Mexico (AP) — The death toll from Mexico’s torrential rains has increased to 44, as the fallout mounted from widespread flooding and landslides across the country. President Claudia Sheinbaum convened governors from hard-hit states to direct an emergency response plan on Sunday. Mexico’s National Coordination of Civil Protection reported that as of Saturday, the heavy rains had killed 18 people in Veracruz state on the Gulf Coast and 16 people in the state of Hidalgo, north of Mexico City. At least nine people were killed in the state of Puebla, east of Mexico City. That toll could still rise as rescue workers continued to dig through sodden villages clogged with mud and debris on Sunday.
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