One Million People Displaced by Mexico Flooding

Around a million people have now fled their homes in the flooded state of Tabasco in southern Mexico and more rain is expected in the already saturated area. Eight people have died in the disaster and Mexican authorities are struggling to assist victims in shelters as well as those who remain stranded. VOA’s Greg Flakus has more from Houston.

Dozens of Mexican military helicopters are flying food and clean water to relief centers in Tabasco and assisting efforts to locate and rescue people who remain stranded in their homes by the flood waters. Hundreds of thousands of people have either taken shelter in relief centers or have fled to other parts of the country.

But there are also thousands of people who remain at home.”*

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