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Locals embrace outside a flooded house in Poza Rica, Mexico, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025, after widespread flooding and landslides. (Felix Marquez - AP)
POZA RICA, Mexico (AP) — Flooding and landslides over the past week have cut off 300 towns in central and eastern Mexico and left dozens of people dead and missing. Soldiers and rescue workers were scrambling to help civilians to safety and unblock roads. The flooding followed the convergence of two tropical storms off Mexico’s western coast at the end of an unusually heavy rainy season that swelled rivers and weakened hillsides.
This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
A local holds a rescued cat in Poza Rica, Veracruz state, Mexico, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025, after rain and flooding. (Felix Marquez – AP)A man who cleaning flooded homes takes a break in Poza Rica, Veracruz state, Mexico, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. (Felix Marquez – AP)Relatives of Gustavo Azuara, who died during a flood, stand outside their damaged house after heavy rainfall in Poza Rica, Veracruz state, Mexico, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025. (Felix Marquez – AP)Neighbors gather around a damaged house after heavy rainfall in Poza Rica, Veracruz state, Mexico, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025. (Felix Marquez – AP)People loot a supermarket damaged by heavy rainfall in Poza Rica, Veracruz state, Mexico, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025. (Felix Marquez – AP)President Claudia Sheinbaum, left, and Veracruz Gov. Rocío Nahle García survey authorities’ aid distribution in Poza Rica, Mexico, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025, after widespread flooding and landslides. (Felix Marquez – AP)A local cleans a flooded house in Poza Rica, Veracruz state, Mexico, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. (Felix Marquez – AP)Rescue workers patrol a street in Poza Rica, Veracruz state, Mexico, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025, after widespread flooding. (Felix Marquez – AP)Portraits hang on the Ramirez family’s houses wall in Poza Rica, Veracruz state, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, after torrential rains. (Felix Marquez – AP)A boy evacuated from Chapula receives medical aid at an improvised shelter in Bella Vista, Hidalgo state, Mexico, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025, after torrential rains. (Fernando Llano – AP)People arrive at Bella Vista, Hidalgo state, Mexico, after evacuating Chapula, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025, after torrential rains. (Fernando Llano – AP)
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