An emergency declaration was issued in 109 cities in Veracruz, Mexico that were affected by Tropical Storm Barry which killed three people and caused extensive damage in the Gulf state last week.
Once making landfall last Thursday in Veracruz, the storm caused several rivers to overflow their banks, which flooded numerous communities and forced officials to move more than 1,000 people into temporary shelters.
According to the AFP, an 8-year-old child and his mother were killed in southern Mexico after being swept away in a river during the storm. They were among a group traveling in a van that was swept away by the swollen river in a town in Oaxaca state, about 410 miles from Mexico City, the official said.
"After more than 24 hours, we were able to rescue the bodies of a woman and her child," Oaxaca Civil Protection director Manuel Maza Sanchez told AFP.
The third fatality occurred in the eastern state of Veracruz, where a man died while trying to cross a river on horseback and was dragged by the force of the current, state authorities said.
The affected cities will receive money from the Natural Disaster Fund, or Fonden, to deal with the damage caused by the storm.
City governments will "now have the resources to deal with the food, clothing and health needs of the population affected [by Barry]," said the Mexican Government Secretariat, reports globalpost.com.
Barry was packing maximum sustained winds of 40 mph when it made landfall in Veracruz before it losing steam as it moved inland. Three other people were wounded and about 1,200 were preventively evacuated in the state.