{"id":678,"date":"2007-11-03T11:51:46","date_gmt":"2007-11-03T16:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2007\/floods-impact-a-million-in-tabasco-mexico.html"},"modified":"2008-10-27T12:15:35","modified_gmt":"2008-10-27T17:15:35","slug":"floods-impact-a-million-in-tabasco-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2007\/floods-impact-a-million-in-tabasco-mexico.html","title":{"rendered":"Floods impact a million in Tabasco, Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>A million people have been flooded out of their homes in the state of Tabasco, Mexico.<\/b> &nbsp;After a week of rains (that ended Thursday), rivers in the states of <b>Tabasco<\/b> and <b>Chiapas<\/b> overflowed. &nbsp;Some parts of the river are <i><b>4 meters<\/b><\/i> higher than normal. &nbsp;It is estimated that 70% of the state of Tabasco is underwater! &nbsp;It is believed that 300,000 people may still be trapped. &nbsp;A massive rescue operation is underway.<\/p>\n<p>Click the icons on the map for more information&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;t=h&amp;om=1&amp;s=AARTsJrsyBJwGX2f5t998SHbBL7GSa4xSg&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=100314537749728903170.00043e08493cc80ff403b&amp;ll=17.85329,-95.361328&amp;spn=5.853792,10.986328&amp;z=6&amp;output=embed\"><\/iframe><br \/><small><a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;t=h&amp;om=1&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=100314537749728903170.00043e08493cc80ff403b&amp;ll=17.85329,-95.361328&amp;spn=5.853792,10.986328&amp;z=6&amp;source=embed\" style=\"color:#0000FF;text-align:left\">View Larger Map<\/a><\/small><\/center><br \/>\nCrops have been 100% wiped out, and a fifth of the country&#8217;s oil production has been halted. &nbsp;Houses were just swallowed up, and cities look like lakes. &nbsp;<b>Villahermosa<\/b> (Tabasco&#8217;s capitol), home to over 335,000, is 80% underwater after flooding and collapsing dikes let the water pour in. &nbsp;Clean drinking water is no longer available, and rescue teams are rushing in to try to save lives and avoid epidemics.<\/p>\n<p>Tabasco is home to the famous <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aztec-history.com\/olmec-civilization.html\">Olmec<\/a> head monuments. &nbsp;On Monday they already had several feet of water and had piled sandbags to protect the artifacts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/clips\/mov\/watson-mexico-071102.mov\">See a video (Quicktime) of the flooding here.<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Relief agencies are asking for help from other Mexican states to get supplies to people in time. &nbsp;You can help too, by contacting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/index.php\/Newsletter\/newsletter_article\/610\/\"><b>Samaritan&#8217;s Purse<\/b> (USA site with article)<\/a>, who has already sent an emergency team to the area. &nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.ca\/contact\/\">Call them<\/a> to give directly to the project.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly enough, I just did a presentation on natural disasters in my class this past week. &nbsp;I had no idea, of course, that this massive a disaster would strike Mexico a few days later. &nbsp;I talked about several major disasters (Mexico City earthquake &#8211; 1985, Saguenay Flood in Canada 1996, Vargas Mudslides in Venezuela 1999, and the California Wildfires this year), and shared from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Romans%208:18-39;&#038;version=50;\">Romans 8<\/a> &#8211; creation groans, not with hopeless agony but with the pains of childbirth &#8211; the hope of a better world. &nbsp;Meanwhile, let&#8217;s pray that God&#8217;s love &#8211; a glimpse of the new world &#8211; will be shown in this tragedy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_528\"><a 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