august 24, 2014 • 22:21 • updated at 22:38 Hurricane "Marie" leaving 10,000 people affected in Oaxaca

august 24, 2014 • 22:21 • updated at 22:38

Hurricane "Marie" leaving 10,000 

people affected in Oaxaca

This Monday will ask the Interior Ministry Emergency declarations

 for the 10 municipalities affected by the hydrometeorological

 phenomenon.

Virgilio Sanchez

Oaxaca, Oaxaca

Sunday afternoon, the National Water Commission reported that the hurricane "Marie" reached category 5 in the Pacific Ocean

Photo: AFP

The Government of Oaxaca that Hurricane "Marie" left around 10,000 homeless

 families, on their way through the state.

He announced that tomorrow ask the Interior Ministry Emergency declarations 

for the 10 municipalities affected by the hydrometeorological phenomenon.

The state administration indicated that these locations are Nopala Santos Reyes, 

San Gabriel Mixtepec Juquila Santa Catarina, San Juan Lachao, Quiahije 

San Juan, San Miguel Panixtlahuaca, Tataltepec Valdez, Loxicha Candelaria, 

San Agustin and San Bartolomé Loxicha Loxicha.

The Director General of the State Institute of Civil Protection, Felipe 

Reyna Romero, said that the main damage is landslides, overflowing rivers 

and flooding homes.

Stressed damaged roads are rural, but there incommunicado populations.

On the other hand, the state official said that only one person was injured

 in a landslide.

Mrs. Inés Velasco Ramirez suffered an invoice in the left foot, hip and 

chest pain caused by a landslide in Rancho Nuevo Cuixtla Agency.

This afternoon, the National Water Commission reported that the hurricane

 "Marie" reached category 5 in the Pacific Ocean. 

Gallery: Hurricane "Marie" left severe damages in Colima

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Hurricane Marie against Colima coast spas leave severe damage to this town and Tecomán, especially 

in shelters, which are quantified by state and municipal authorities

Photo: NOTIMEX