Mexico: 10 Starve to Death after Hurricane


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    Copyright 1997 by Agence France-Presse
    Sun, 19 Oct 1997 15:00:38 PDT

   MEXICO CITY, Oct 19 (AFP) - Ten Mexicans have starved to death
because aid has not reached their remote villages in the wake of
Hurricane Pauline, the daily Cronica newspaper reported Sunday.
   The 10 people died in the state of Oaxaca, the poorest state in
Mexico, local officials said.
   "there is a serious danger of epidemic and famine" in two
villages, said Miguel Angel Colmenares, a senior health official.
   Communication with some remote towns -- where an estimated
30,000 people live -- still has not been restored nine days after
the hurricane hit southern Mexico.
   Reports from the areas are emerging gradually from rescue
workers. Seventeen bridges in Oaxaca were destroyed and many roads
are impassable, hampering aid workers' efforts.
   Meanwhile, local officials in Acapulco, the resort town in
Guerrero state that was pummeled by Pauline, have been touting the
return of tourists.
   At least 282 people died when Pauline hit southern Mexico on
October 9.

 
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