<span style="color: black;">At least 17 patients have been killed after heavy rainfall caused flooding at a hospital in central Hidalgo state in Mexico.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: black;">Officials say a river burst its banks and water then cut the power supply at the hospital in the town of Tula.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: black;">Some of the victims were Covid-19 patients who were being treated with oxygen therapy.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: black;">Rescuers evacuated about 40 patients. Meanwhile, a boat transporting the state governor sank in the river.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: black;">The army was deployed to provide assistance to rescue teams dealing with the disaster.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: black;">Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said, he was very saddened by the hospital deaths.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: black;">More than 30,000 people in towns across the state have been affected by the floods.</span><br />''