Hurricane Alex brings floods to north-east Mexico
09:05, 2 July 2010
MEXICO. July 2. KAZINFORM Hurricane Alex has brought torrential rain as it weakened to a tropical storm over northeastern Mexico, flooding the city of Monterrey; Kazinform refers to BBC News.
At least two people were killed when a river burst its banks, inundating roads and washing away cars.
Alex was a category two hurricane when it hit the Gulf coast on Wednesday night, but lost force as it moved inland.
It was expected to dissipate over the Mexican highlands on Friday.
The usually dry Santa Catalina river that runs through the centre of Monterrey turned into a raging torrent, flooding major highways and paralysing Mexico's third-biggest city.
One man died after he was swept nearly 500 metres by the waters and trapped against a fence. The body of another drowned man was found in a creek; Kazinform cites BBC News. See www.news.bbc.co.uk