Ernesto death toll in Mexico reaches 11 News Date: 13th August 2012

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Ernesto death toll in Mexico reaches 11 News Date: 13th August 2012 Ernesto killed eleven people after hitting Mexico as a hurricane, Mexican authorities said Saturday as the storm death toll continued to rise. Ernesto dissipated Friday over the country's mountainous southern regions, although heavy rain associated with it persisted in some areas. Three people were killed in storm-related traffic accidents in the state of Guerrero, while five had died in connection with Ernesto in Veracruz, two in Tabasco and one in Oaxaca. Ernesto made initial landfall as a hurricane on the southern Yucatan Peninsula late Tuesday. The storm made landfall again on Thursday in the state of Veracruz, on the Mexican mainland, where it weakened after having crossed the Yucatan Peninsula and the Bay of Campeche. Source: GNA