URGENT NEEDS: Flooding in Mexico
TABASCO, Mexico — The flooding in Tabasco, Mexico, was caused by Tropical Storm Noel, whose rains have killed at least 108 people in the region. The storm strengthened into a hurricane in the Atlantic on Thursday, November 1. At least 66 people are reported dead in the Dominican Republic, many of them swept away in muddy floodwaters. The floods, triggered by days of unrelenting rain from Noel, have caused immense physical damage, including chest-high floodwaters that have collapsed several bridges, swept away thousands of houses and driven more than 64,000 people out of their homes.
Thirty-four people were also confirmed killed in Haiti, and in Cuba and the Bahamas there have been numerous evacuations and severe damage to infrastructure. In Mexico, at least 500,000 people lost their homes in what has been called the worst flooding the southeastern state of Tabasco has seen in more than 50 years. According to the government of Tabasco, 100 percent of the state’s crops and 70 percent of its land has been flooded.
The Church of God has 320 churches in Tabasco, and so far 70 of them are under water.
Some of the items desperately needed in Tabasco are:
- bottled water
- canned food
- clean clothes
- blankets
- medicine
- diapers
Noel Disaster Relief
Project Number 765-0036-002
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? 2007 Church of God World Missions
