In the last November 2, Tabasco capital of Villahermosa in Mexico, was devastating by the water of the Grijalva River, which has surged six feet above its normal height amid heavy rains, unrelated to Tropical Storm Noel. More than 30,000 people were being housed in shelters, which were full, while other families preffered to camping out, watching over the few possessions they could save and one person was reported to have died. President of Mexico Felipe Calderon, has called the flooding one of the county's worst natural disasters in the history. On Friday, he toured to Villahermosa, his second visit to Tabasco state in a week. On his arrival, local officials asked for more troops to guard against looting.
Navy helicopters plucked people from roofs on Friday as raising flood waters covered much of the Golf Coast state of Tabasco.Villahermosa, wtih a populationof more than half a million people, was paralyzed, without water and electricity. Newspaper reported that people had formed long lines in the few stores that remained open, in search of drinking water and food. The state governor, Andres Granier, has compared the city to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, he said that some 80% of the state was affected. All the Mexicans and people all over the world are sending food, money, clothes, etc. to show there support and help all the people that had been affected.
