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TEZIUTLAN, Mexico (AP) — The
scope of the death and damage
caused by last week’s mudslides has
shocked Mexico and the world.
But where they occurred was no
surprise: A zoning plan drawn up last
year called for removing houses built
helter-skelter in the ravines of this
mountainside city.
There seemed to be no rush. Some
of the houses had been there for
decades, and officials lacked the
funds or political might to force resi
dents to less perilous locations.
But last week’s pounding rains
caused huge slabs of hillside to break
away, sending avalanches of mud
rushing down on houses below.
By yesterday, the official death toll
stood at 344 across southeastern
Mexico, but it was expected to go
much higher. Unofficial counts,
based on accounts from local officials
and witnesses, ran as high as 600.
More than 271,000 were forced
from their homes.
On a visit to Teziutlan yesterday,
Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo
announced a program to rebuild or re
pair houses destroyed by the disaster.
Under the plan, low-income families
who lost their homes were to receive
land, $2,000 worth of construction ma
terial and 88 days’ worth of wages.
Those whose houses were damaged
were to receive $200 to $600 worth of
material.
Higher-income families were eligi
ble for subsidized credits.
The flooding and mudslides were
caused by more than a week of relent
less rain, capped by a tropical depres
sion in the Gulf of Mexico. Yesterday,
forecasters were still predicting strong
storms in nine states.
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BEIJING (AP) — A typhoon that
battered southeast China’s Fujian
province Saturday killed 30 people
and caused $240 million in damage,
the official newspaper, China Daily,
reported yesterday.
Saturday’s storm, the worst to hit
the city of Xiamen in 46 years, also in
jured more than 100 people. Its violent
winds uprooted more than 17,000
trees, overturned buses and caused the
collapse of an unspecified number of
houses, the report said.
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