Severe flooding in southern Mexico leaves half a million homeless
Vast areas of banana plantations now under water
1 Nov 07 - Heavy rain during the last five days has left nearly half a million
homeless in Mexico’s southeastern state of Tabasco. Several rivers burst their
banks Wednesday inundating homes and washing away crops and roads.
Much of Tabasco is low-lying land and is Mexico’s main banana and oil
producing state. Vast areas of banana plantations are now under water.
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Matt-hurricanewatcher
Re: Severe flooding in southern Mexico leaves half a million hom
Mexican President Calderon: Floods Cripple Mexico's Oil Industry
All Headline News ^ | 3 November 2007 | Annabella Bulacan
Villahermosa, Mexico (AHN) - Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Friday warned it would take time to rebuild what has been devastated by the non-stop flooding plaguing the country, including the oil industry, which was crippled by the catastrophe.
"The storms have forced the closure of three of Mexico's main oil ports, preventing almost all exports and halting a fifth of the country's oil production. It has a strong economic impact" Calderon said in an interview.
The storm did not spare the Bay of Campeche, Mexico's main oil producing region and home to more than 100 oil platforms.
Overall, the region normally exports about 1.7 million barrels of crude daily. Since, most of the production remains shut down, it would mean that Mexico's output would drop by 2.6 million barrels a day.
The heavy floods that started last week also forced an oil platform into another rig in the Gulf of Mexico, where at least 21 people were reportedly killed.
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All Headline News ^ | 3 November 2007 | Annabella Bulacan
Villahermosa, Mexico (AHN) - Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Friday warned it would take time to rebuild what has been devastated by the non-stop flooding plaguing the country, including the oil industry, which was crippled by the catastrophe.
"The storms have forced the closure of three of Mexico's main oil ports, preventing almost all exports and halting a fifth of the country's oil production. It has a strong economic impact" Calderon said in an interview.
The storm did not spare the Bay of Campeche, Mexico's main oil producing region and home to more than 100 oil platforms.
Overall, the region normally exports about 1.7 million barrels of crude daily. Since, most of the production remains shut down, it would mean that Mexico's output would drop by 2.6 million barrels a day.
The heavy floods that started last week also forced an oil platform into another rig in the Gulf of Mexico, where at least 21 people were reportedly killed.
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Matt-hurricanewatcher
Re: Severe flooding in southern Mexico leaves half a million hom
Biblical’ flood leaves Mexico battling to copeRonald Buchanan
Tens of thousands of Mexicans were yesterday wading through brackish floodwaters, sometimes chest-deep, in Villahermosa, the capital of Tabasco state, in search of food, water and shelter, as yet more rain was forecast.
A huge rescue operation was under way to bring relief to a state said to be 80% under water after the worst flooding in 50 years.
Over 800,000 people have been made homeless, and businesses and farmland are ruined.
“The scene here is terrible, it’s biblical,” said Javier Velazco, assistant director of the Red Cross in Tabasco. “We’re attending to thousands of people. We’re delivering food, rope and water, but it’s not enough. We need everybody’s help.”
As local officials warned of the danger of pillaging and violence, President Felipe Calderon warned that the army and navy would crack down on any outbreaks of looting. Only one person was reported to have died by yesterday morning, but more casualties were expected as disease spreads. Doctors were conducting tests for cholera.
Helicopters, boats and even jet-skis were being used to move victims stranded on rooftops and small patches of dry land to safety.
Calderon said there was “no doubt” that climate change had caused the floods. But graft has undoubtedly played a part. Millions of dollars have been poured into a water management scheme for Tabasco, but Calderon and other officials admitted that nothing had been done – pointing to corruption as one of the roots of the disaster.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/w ... 801022.ece
Tens of thousands of Mexicans were yesterday wading through brackish floodwaters, sometimes chest-deep, in Villahermosa, the capital of Tabasco state, in search of food, water and shelter, as yet more rain was forecast.
A huge rescue operation was under way to bring relief to a state said to be 80% under water after the worst flooding in 50 years.
Over 800,000 people have been made homeless, and businesses and farmland are ruined.
“The scene here is terrible, it’s biblical,” said Javier Velazco, assistant director of the Red Cross in Tabasco. “We’re attending to thousands of people. We’re delivering food, rope and water, but it’s not enough. We need everybody’s help.”
As local officials warned of the danger of pillaging and violence, President Felipe Calderon warned that the army and navy would crack down on any outbreaks of looting. Only one person was reported to have died by yesterday morning, but more casualties were expected as disease spreads. Doctors were conducting tests for cholera.
Helicopters, boats and even jet-skis were being used to move victims stranded on rooftops and small patches of dry land to safety.
Calderon said there was “no doubt” that climate change had caused the floods. But graft has undoubtedly played a part. Millions of dollars have been poured into a water management scheme for Tabasco, but Calderon and other officials admitted that nothing had been done – pointing to corruption as one of the roots of the disaster.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/w ... 801022.ece
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