A 130kg tiger has been found after escaping from a flooded zoo during a storm (Picture: Gobierno de Mexico)

A Bengal tiger weighing 130kg has been found dead after it escaped from a zoo during Mexico floods.

The huge cat had managed to get out of its enclosure at the Xicotepec zoo in the central eastern region of Puebla,after the nearby San Marcos river burst its banks.

Municipal president Carlos Barragan Amador warned that the large feline posed a risk to local residents.

In an update,he announced that the animal had been discovered lifeless among some trees.

He said: ‘Good morning,I inform you that yesterday and the day before I prayed to God so much that nobody or an animal that escaped would be hurt and today I want to inform you that yesterday late night WE FOUND IT under roots and trees.

‘Fortunately yesterday a young man who works with us yesterday saw a piece of his arm sticking out and,after removing the debris,discovered it was our tiger.’

He continued: ‘I would have liked to have captured him as planned with a group of specialists but God only knows why he does these things.’

Several Mexican regions experienced torrential rain earlier this week between Monday and Thursday.

A blocked road affected by rain in Huauchinango in Puebla state,Mexico. (Picture: Xinhua/Shutterstock)

A woman carries a child down a flooded street following the severe rain (Picture: AFP)

An emergency committee was chaired by president Claudia Sheinbaum,as authorities confirmed that a total of 44 people had died in the storms so far.

In Puebla,as much as 487 mm of rain fell within those days,with other areas badly affected including Veracruz,San Luis Potosí,Hidalgo and Querétaro.

Pictures of Xicotepa showed areas buried underneath piles of debris following several landslides in the area.

The severe weather left more than 320,000 customers without power,the Federal Commission of Electricity confirmed.