08 September 2010

MEXICO: Heavy Flooding Hits Tabasco, Veracruz, Chiapas and Oaxaca.

AP/       An estimated 500,000 people are homeless in southern Mexico after escaping floods from weeks of torrential rains. The states of Tabasco, Veracruz, Chiapas and Oaxaca are suffering the heaviest rains. Tens of thousands are sleeping on the roofs of their homes, refusing to abandon their possessions. More rain is predicted. The region has already received TWICE the amount of rainfall that normally falls during the season that doesn't end until November.