With fires scorching California last week, and a tropical storm wreaking havoc on Caribbean islands, a new catastrophe is now unfolding in the Mexico.
A week of torrential rains has left 70% the gulf coast state of Tabasco covered by devastating floods. This has devastated the state's public service infrastructure and is affecting more than a million people already.Mexican president Felipe Calderon is calling this "one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the country."
Emergency personnel are desperately trying to evacuate people as the water levels are expected to continue rising with additional heavy rains in the next few days. Cholera epidemics are becoming a concern as food and drinking water becomes scarce.
To put the enormity of these floods in perspective, we're talking about an area larger than the U.S. state of Connecticut currently under water. As of today 300,000 people are estimated trapped in their homes, and a full half of the state's 2.1 million residents are currently affected by this massive natural disaster.
