Unconfirmed reports say that 150 churches throughout the state exhibit some distress. Isolated towns are Miahuatlan de Diaz, San Baltazar, San Jeronimo, among others. Phones and electricity are inoperable. This phenomenon is recurrent in other small towns too. As it was mentioned, these dwellings are typically made of adobe walls.
Roofs consist of wooden logs and boards that support an inclined clay tile finishing.
Heavy rains, characteristic of this season, have exacerbated lack of communication. It is expected that more reports of damage will be available, as communications are re-established. In Puerto Escondido, popular resort for youngsters and hippies, damage is reported in a bank, some dwellings and roads. No damage is reported in Huatulco. I suspect that only few isolated cases are real structural damage.