CIUDAD JUAREZ (Mexico): More than 1,000 people were evacuated from the city of Jimenez in northern Mexico after the heaviest rainfall in 25 years, officials said late on Sunday.

Downpours around the city, located some 400 kilometres south of the border with Texas, have resulted in dangerously swollen rivers, Chihuahua state Governor Cesar Duarte told local media.

Duarte ordered the evacuation of areas most affected by the monsoon intensity rains that caused flash floods and left some residents stranded.

Heavy rainfall in recent days has affected large swaths of the state and on Friday forced the shutdown of the international airport in Chihuahua, the state capital.—AFP