New round of flooding in southern Mexico
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More than two dozen rivers have overflowed in the coastal states of Veracruz and Tabasco, the Associated Press reports this morning.
Thousands of homes have been inundated, and the floodwaters have damaged bridges and homes and cut off some villages.
Flooding in Tabasco last year killed at least 33 people and inundated more than 1 million homes.
This year, a woman and four children were killed as a result of conditions caused by the storm, AP reports:
Maria de Jesus Riandez was driving home with her three children and their 13-year-old friend when her car skidded and fell into the irrigation ditch in the Veracruz town of Nanchital, said district attorney Juan Castro. The three siblings were 1- to 9-years-old. More than 1,100 people were in shelters in Veracruz, where the floods also forced state-owned oil company Petroleos Mexicanos to close five wells.
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-- Deborah Bonello in Mexico City