PRAYER NEED
Hurricane Simon and Tropical Storm Rachel kill at least eight on Mexico’s Pacific coast
Daniel Becerril / Reuters, via PBS NewsHour
What happened
At least eight people have died in Baja California after Tropical Storm Rachel brought floods to the state, Mexican military officials said, among them four children, most of them in Ensenada, which has requested a disaster declaration. Several people are still missing. Hurricane Simon battered Mexico’s Pacific coast from Jalisco to Sinaloa earlier in the week, bringing floods that brought down trees and power lines and blocked roads.
Families in Baja California are mourning eight people, four of them children, as the search for the missing goes on.
People affected
- Lives lost
- 8
- Missing
- At least 2
Pray for
- Families of those who died, among them four children
- The people still missing, and those searching for them
- Families in Ensenada whose homes flooded
- Emergency workers and rescue teams
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