Mexico City landslide: Horror natural disaster kills three-month-old baby after major sudden downpours

Six people tragically lost their lives in a landslide triggered by heavy rains near Mexico City, according to authorities.

The devastating landslide, which occurred on Monday night in Naucalpan, a community northwest of Mexico City, also impacted a house and school, the State of Mexico government said in a statement. The victims were four men and two women. Another three individuals were injured and rushed to a state hospital.

State Gov. Delfina Gomez has ordered the deployment of rescue teams and security task forces to assist affected families. This tragic incident in Naucalpan comes just days after another landslide claimed the lives of nine people on Saturday in Jilotzingo, west of Mexico City in the State of Mexico. Among the victims was a three-month-old baby.

Two children, aged 10 and 12, and a 34 year old woman were rescued. Several homes were affected and over 100 people had to be evacuated due to fears of further landslides. The State of Mexico has been battered by landslides and heavy rains since the start of the rainy season in late July.

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In cities like Chalco that have also been hit hard by torrential rains, unchecked growth combined with failing infrastructure has resulted in sewage-infused waters flooding streets, homes and businesses.

Earlier this month, it emerged that a huge landslide triggered by climate change unleashed a 650-foot "mega-tsunami" that caused Earth to vibrate for an astonishing nine days. The seismic event in a remote part of Greenland last September saw the giant wave repeatedly slosh back and forth across a fjord - generating vibrations around the world, say scientists. A new study, involving University College London (UCL) researchers, concluded that the movement of water was the cause of a mysterious, global seismic signal that lasted for nine days and puzzled seismologists.

The trigger, not observed by human eye, was the collapse of a 1.2km-high mountain peak into the remote Dickson Fjord beneath, causing a backsplash of water 200 metres in the air, with a wave up to 110 metres (360 ft) high. Researchers estimated that 25 million cubic metres of rock and ice crashed into the fjord - enough to fill 10,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools.

They calculated that the wave, extending across six miles (10 km) of fjord, reduced to 23ft (seven metres) within a few minutes, and would have fallen to just a few centimetres in the days after. Four-metre-high tsunami waves damaged a research base on Ella Island more than 40 miles from the landslide.