 The hurricane also dumped heavy rains along its path . This water @-@ logged the hills near Minatitlán , and contributed to huge mudslide late on October 29 that claimed 800 victims . The slide uncovered hundreds of venomous scorpions and snakes , which killed tens more people in the aftermath . Additional hordes of scorpions were driven from their nests when the adobe walls crumbled away . The Governor of Colima , Rodolfo Chávez Carrillo and his wife issued a plea for venom inoculations afterwards . In some places , the mud was 10 feet ( 3 @.@ 0 m ) deep . Water supplies were badly polluted , both by debris and dead bodies . 
