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3 de Noviembre, 2007

Mexico Floods, Tabasco Under Water

Categorized under Planeta | Tags: Chiapas, Floods, Mexico, Tabasco

MEXICO CITY, Nov. 3 — Mexicans were gripped Saturday by images of dramatic rescues from flooding in the southeastern state of Tabasco, where much of the state capital, Villahermosa, was underwater and the governor said that thousands of people waited on their rooftops for help to arrive.
Newspapers and television showed photos of Navy helicopters scooping up children from roofs and rescuers lowering elderly people into boats. Many of those who could leave on their own waded or swam though chest-high brackish water.

The flooding in the state was brought on by days of unrelenting rain, which caused several rivers to overflow.

President Felipe Calderón, who has visited Villahermosa twice this week, said that Mexico was facing one of the worst natural disasters in its recent history.

—Mexico Flooding Traps Thousands

Crazy.

Four thousand of the state’s 5,700 schools have been damaged, and many of the rest were being used as shelters.

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