Dean's death toll rises with new deaths in Mexico*

PUEBLA, Aug 23 (AFP) Aug 23, 2007

A couple and their two children were killed in central Mexico Thursday
by a landslide caused by driving rains blamed on the remnants of
hurricane Dean, raising to at least 25 the death toll from the storm's
rampage.

The four were killed when a chunk of mountainside buried the path on
which they were walking in Xochitlaxco, according to Puebla state
Governor Mario Marin.

He warned that further mudslides were likely in the area, mainly
populated by impoverished indigenous communities.

Another two people died in central Mexico when a landslide buried their
house during the night, and one person was killed when his home caved in
on him. On Wednesday, Dean, now a tropical depression, was blamed for
the death of a man electrocuted while repairing his roof.

Once a powerful hurricane, Dean slowed after hitting land but continued
to dump huge amounts of rain over Mexico on Thursday.

Before pounding Mexico, the hurricane had killed at least nine people in
Haiti, four in Jamaica, two in the Dominican Republic and two in
Martinique.