Five days after devastating floods swept across Mexico , leaving at least 66 people dead and damaging around 100,000 homes, authorities are still struggling to reach the hardest-hit areas and find 75 people who remain missing.

The government faces growing criticism over its slow and inadequate response to the disaster .

After a year of meteoric approval ratings, the disaster is a test for Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum, who has encountered rare hostile crowds and heckling on visits to affected areas.

The disaster began when torrential rains in the central and eastern parts of the country set off landslides, caused rivers to overflow and bridges to collapse. Whole streets were washed away.

Antonio Ocaranza, a political analyst based in Mexico City, said that while he has been

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