Mexican survivors of floods and landslides that killed at least 66 people last week have appealed for urgent aid, saying they are worried about disease outbreaks as rotting animal carcasses pile up in the mud.

Vultures circle over the town of Huehuetla in the central state of Hidalgo, which, along with Puebla to the south and Veracruz in the east, bore the brunt of days of torrential rains.

Overflowing rivers coursed through villages, sweeping away homes, roads and bridges and triggering landslides.

Authorities say 75 people are still missing.

Aid has been slow to arrive in Huehuetla, an impoverished Indigenous town of about 22,800 inhabitants.

The floods knocked out power and debris from landslides left roads damaged or unpassable. Layers of mud coat every business on Huehuetla's mai

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