Government Expresses Its Support for US Communities Hit By Hurricane Sandy EFE
go to original October 31, 2012

Brian Hajeski, 41, of Brick, N.J., reacts after looking at debris of a home that washed up on to the Mantoloking Bridge the morning after superstorm Sandy rolled through, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in Mantoloking, N.J. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP/Julio Cortez)

The Mexican government expressed its solidarity with all the communities hammered by Hurricane Sandy in the United States and said it was offering "consular protection to all the Mexicans who require it."

"Different assistance and consular protection measures are being taken for Mexicans living in the areas affected by the storm, which killed between 40 and 55 people in the United States, according to different estimates, and left 6.2 million people without electricity, the Foreign Relations Secretariat said in a statement.

Two people from Latin America - a Guatemalan who died in a traffic accident in Lynn, Massachusetts, and a Chilean man whose car was crushed by a falling tree in New York - died in the storm.

Hurricane Sandy made landfall Monday night near Atlantic City, New Jersey, packing maximum sustained winds of 125 kph (77 mph) and sending a powerful storm surge into coastal areas in New Jersey and New York.

President Felipe Calderon expressed his "condolences over the loss of life caused by Hurricane Sandy" in a Twitter posting and offered his support to the United States, Canada and Caribbean countries affected by the storm.

President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto said in a Twitter posting that he regretted the deaths caused by the storm and hoped that Sandy would "not cause more damage."

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