Télécoms Sans Frontières: Mexico Earthquake
Measuring 7.1 on the Richter Scale, Mexico's latest earthquake comes some 32 years to the day after the deadly quake of 1985. At present over 200 deaths have been reported, and considerable destruction observed across Mexico City and surrounding towns and villages.
A team from Télécoms Sans Frontières has been deployed in response to the disaster.
Having recently withdrew from the island of Saint Barthélemy in response to Hurricane Irma, TSF's team was initially positioned in the Dominican Republic pending the impact of Hurricane Maria. Due to the scale of the earthquake in Mexico, this team is now transferring to Mexico City and will be operational on-site by this evening.
Responsibilities for the Hurricane Maria response have thus been assigned to the Irma team in Saint-Martin, who will continue to maintain operations on the island.
We will keep you informed of the evolution of our operations in Mexico, however, should you have any further questions, I remain at your disposal.
Kind regards,
Alexander James Thomas