2007 Tabasco flood

Natural disaster in Mexico December 2024 right|thumb|Avenida Méndez, Villahermosa, Tabasco 17.972 -92.588 title The 2007 Tabasco flood occurred in late October and early November 2007 in the Mexican states of Tabasco and Chiapas, in which as much as 80% of the former was left under water. At least 20,000 people were forced to seek emergency shelter. Over 1,000,000 residents were affected. Geography right|thumb|Location of Tabasco within Mexico thumb|Three rivers flow through the low-lying city of Villahermosa, and the urban landscape is marked by a number of lagoons. The southern Mexican state of Tabasco is bordered by the states of Veracruz to the west, Chiapas to the south, and Campeche to the north-east. To the east Tabasco borders with the Petén department of Guatemala, and to the north with the Gulf of Mexico. Tabasco is in the northern half of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. The state capital is Villahermosa. The hydrology of Tabasco is complex. Most of the state is a wide coastal plain crossed by rivers coming from the mountains further south in Chiapas and Guatemala. The two main rivers in the region are the Río Grijalva and the Río Usumacinta, which converge before draining into the Gulf of Mexico north of Villahermosa through the wildlife-rich wetlands known as the Pantanos de Centla. These rivers are considered mature, since they are in the lowest part of their course, and the plain they cross allows them broad, wide flows, meandering and dividing into separate branches. This is the case with the Grijalva, which separates into several branches in the central part of Tabasco (known locally as the Río Carrizal, Río Samaría and Río Mezcalapa). These three rivers converge at Villahermosa, where they recombine and again take the name Grijalva. The main branch of the Grijalva in Chiapas is dammed by the country's four largest hydroelectric plants. Causes of the floods The Tabasco floods caused largely by the sinking of the land over the last century. The constant extraction of petroleum and gas, the construction of dams in the zone, the erosion of land and deforestation have all contributed toward making this region more flood-prone. Deforestation has allowed silt to fill in rivers thereby reducing their capacity and making floods more likely.https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/18/AR2007111800962.html The Washington Post Mexicans Ask Where Flood Aid Went Manuel Roig-Franzia 19 November 2007 22 April 2010 With the onset of constant rainfall due to a low pressure system located nearby, the combination of these influences contributed to making the flood event even worse than it might otherwise have been. Some have suggested that global warming has increased sea levels, making water regions at the low sandy zones of the Gulf of Mexico disappear. However, sea level rises due to global warming were probably still negligible in their contribution to these floods. A number of sources point to the misuse of hydroelectric dams as a cause of the floods. Hydroelectric plants in the dams of Tabasco share the production of electricity with newer, private, more expensive gas plants. Investors complained that government owned plants cover most of the production of the electricity, lowering the price, and have put pressure on the government to lessen production on hydroelectric plants in order for them to sell more energy and raise their profit levels. This allegedly led to the dams retaining more water than they should have done.La Verdad del Sureste – Se hubiera prevenido la inundación desde hace un mes: Govea SansónLa Comisión Federal de Electricidad responsable por las inundaciones, denuncia AMLO ante la PGR – Macroeconomia https://web.archive.org/web/20080602060923/http://macroeconomia.com.mx/articulos.php?id_art=1756&id_sec=39&num_page=4574 2 June 2008 Milenio.comSeptember 2016 InternetArchiveBot yes YouTube – Tabasco y la Luna Impact Tabasco was subject to heavy rain in late October and early November 2007, causing widespread flooding. As much as 80% of the state was under water.http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/5276812.html Mexicans missing after flood, landslide Verdugo, Eduardo Houston Chronicle 6 November 2007 2007-11-06 October 2010 H3llBot At least 20,000 people were forced to leave their houses in the search of emergency shelter.http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/5262972.html Tens of thousands flee Mexico flooding Adams, Lisa J. Houston Chronicle 31 October 2007 2007-11-06 October 2010 H3llBot Over 1,000,000 residents have been affected.http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/11/02/mexico.floods.ap/index.html Devastating floods prompt outbreak fears in Mexico CNN 2 November 2007 2007-11-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20071104102744/http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/11/02/mexico.floods.ap/index.html 4 November 2007 live https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna21590403 'Mini-tsunami' buries Mexican village – Landslide leaves 16 missing as other flooded areas try to recover MSNBC 6 November 2007 2007-11-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20071104110100/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21590403 4 November 2007 live The 2007 Tabasco flood not only destroyed many family houses and took away people's belongings, but also affected theaters, libraries, artistic schools and museums. One of the buildings affected was the house of the poet Carlos Pellicer Cámara, which ended up under the water. The house where the poet lived his childhood is located in Narciso Sáenz 203, in the center of Villahermosa, Tabasco. Another historical house affected is located at 620 Calle Lerdo de Tejada, in Villahermosa, close to Carlos Pellicer's house. The house once was occupied by José Gorostiza, the author of the Muerte sin fin poem, his brother, the dramatist Celestino Gorostiza, and the man of letters Andrés Iduarte.http://estadis.eluniversal.com.mx/cultura/54568.html Desastre en Tabasco, inicia el recuento de daños ElUniversal.com.mx es 8 November 2007 2007-11-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20071110145628/http://estadis.eluniversal.com.mx/cultura/54568.html 10 November 2007 dead Economic impact at national levels will be insignificant. There is important damage in the fields which is causing increases in banana and cacao prices.http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/460099.html Tabasco Universal.com.mx 8 November 2007 2007-11-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20071109111757/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/460099.html 9 November 2007 live The flood in Tabasco will not affect the economy in Mexico as much. Guillermo Ortiz Martínez, president of the Banco de México (the central bank), agrees that Mexico will not have excessive inflation because of the Tabasco flood. But some prices of products will increase such as banana and cacao. Notmimex Será bajo el impacto inflacionario por inundaciones en Tabasco: Ortiz Open Publishing http://espanol.news.yahoo.com/s/08112007/4/negocios-impacto-inflacionario-inundaciones-tabasco-ortiz.html&printer=1 2007-11-11 October 2010 H3llBot The General Peasant Confederation informed that because of the flooding, 100% of the harvests are lost. This represents an economic damage of US$480 million. President Felipe Calderón has sent seven thousand and five hundred people to help people in Tabasco. This is because of the major damage to roads, houses, and farms.http://www.aporrea.org/internacionales/n104164.html Tragedia en Tabasco sobrepasa la del huracán Katrina aporrea 3 November 2007 2007-11-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20071106090529/http://www.aporrea.org/internacionales/n104164.html 6 November 2007 dead The flood destroyed agricultural production in the state of Tabasco, the largest producer of cocoa in the country and a major source of bananas, but is not expected that losses affect international prices, experts said on Friday. Tabasco produces 80% of all Mexico's cocoa and 40% of its bananas, according to Luis Rey Carrasco Linares, an expert from the Autonomous University of Chapingo with his squad in Tabasco. The heavy rains that punished the state for more than a week occurred during the cocoa harvest, which lasts from September to December, Carrasco said. All this year's harvest is under water and was lost, he added. The floods caused profound devastation to agriculture, which is a Principal source of Income in the state.Greg Flakus One Million People Displaced by Mexico Flooding 5 November 2007 Voice of America http://voanews.com/english/archive/2007-11/2007-11-05-voa57.cfm 4 January 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20081115163427/http://voanews.com/english/archive/2007-11/2007-11-05-voa57.cfm 15 November 2008 The loss will have its greatest impact for the more than 30,000 families who earn their living in the production of cocoa, Carrasco said, adding that before the flood, farmers were grappling with a plague of fungus.http://noticias.aol.com/articulos/canvas/_a/inundaciones-arruinan-la-agricultura-de/n20071109185109990021 Inundaciones arruinan la agricultura de fértil región mexicana 9 November 2007 2007-11-09 4 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200904023733/http://noticias.aol.com/articulos/canvas/_a/inundaciones-arruinan-la-agricultura-de/n20071109185109990021 dead "The situation is extraordinarily serious: This is one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the country" said President Felipe Calderón in a televised address on the night of 1 November 2007. The Tabasco flood caused the loss of thousands of books from the Villahermosa central library and 78 other libraries from five different municipalities. The Grijalva River affected the infrastructure and works of the José María Pino Suárez State Library where the entire vault has much water. The water also flooded the auditorium causing widespread damage to furniture and equipment, rising to the second floor and damaging 15,000 books from the general collection.http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/66587.html Miles de libros dañados en bibliotecas 12 November 2007 2007-09-13 13 November 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20071113231832/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/66587.html dead Chronology right|thumb|Using sandbags to try to contain the water 23 October 2007: An accident that occurred amid storm conditions in the Bay of Campeche necessitates the evacuation of a Pemex oil exploration platform. In the rescue operation, 23 workers' lives are lost and, days later, a major oil slick arrives on the coast of Campeche and Tabasco. Heavy rain continues to fall over the southern Gulf Coast for the remainder of the week.http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/66404.html Llega a Tabasco fuga de petróleo de Campeche ElUniversal.com.mx es 29 October 2007 2007-11-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20071101080849/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/66404.html 1 November 2007 live 30 October 2007: In the afternoon of 30 October, the Río Grijalva and some of its affluents begin to break their banks. Flooding alerts are broadcast over local TV and radio for the municipalities of Centro, Cunduacán, Jalapa, Jalpa de Méndez, Nacajuca and Tacotalpa. Evacuations of towns at greatest risk begins. The federal Secretariat of the Interior issues a declaration of emergency for the entire state.http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/66412.html Lluvias 'ahogan' a 150 mil en Tabasco ElUniversal.com.mx es 30 October 2007 2007-11-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20071101080854/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/66412.html 1 November 2007 live 31 October 2007: Tabasco Governor Andrés Granier announces that 70% of the state is under water and 300,000 people affected. Damage is also reported to the south in Chiapas, along with the first reports of missing people.http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/primera/29843.html Tabasco, bajo el agua; 300 mil afectados ElUniversal.com.mx es 31 October 2007 2007-11-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20071102063613/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/primera/29843.html 2 November 2007 live 1 November 2007: Granier states that "80% of the state is probably flooded" and gave a figure of 400,000 people affected. President Felipe Calderón tours the affected area and, that evening, addresses the nation on television to report on the gravity of the situation.http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/primera/29850.html Tabasco, un edén devastado ElUniversal.com.mx es 1 November 2007 2007-11-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20071103055939/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/primera/29850.html 3 November 2007 live 2 November 2007: In the early morning hours, the Grijalva breaks the dykes in Villahermosa and the city's central district is ordered evacuated. A million people's homes are under water.http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/primera/29854.html Colapso: un millón bajo agua ElUniversal.com.mx es 2 November 2007 2007-11-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20071104101429/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/primera/29854.html 4 November 2007 live 3 November 2007: With the authorities fearing looting in Villahermosa, the army is deployed at supermarkets to ensure order.http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/66448.html En Tabasco temen 'ola' de saqueos y violencia ElUniversal.com.mx es 3 November 2007 2007-11-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20071105193317/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/66448.html 5 November 2007 live 4 November 2007: Some shops and lorries are looted in spite of the army presence. Residents relocated to shelters complain about inadequacies in the distribution of aid.http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/primera/29866.html Llega la ayuda; falla el reparto ElUniversal.com.mx es 4 November 2007 2007-11-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20071105165143/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/primera/29866.html 5 November 2007 live 5 November 2007: Food shortages are reported at the shelters. Calderón visits the area for a third time and announces a "fiscal amnesty" plan for the state including the cancellation of tax payments and electricity bills.http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/primera/29869.html Invade desesperación a damnificados de Tabasco ElUniversal.com.mx es 5 November 2007 2007-11-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20071107045257/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/primera/29869.html 7 November 2007 live In the evening, a landslide washes away 50 houses in the village of Juan del Grijalva on the Tabasco-Chiapas border; 70 people are reported missing.http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/459446.html Chiapas: 70 desaparecidos tras alud en ElUniversal.com.mx es 6 November 2007 2007-11-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20071109103902/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/459446.html 9 November 2007 live 6 November 2007: The water levels in both the Grijalva and the Carrizal fall significantly overnight. Pumping begins to drain the city of Villahermosa.http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/459565.html Prevén iniciar hoy desagüe en Villahermosa ElUniversal.com.mx es 6 November 2007 2007-11-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20071108205700/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/459565.html 8 November 2007 live 17 November 2007: Panic spreads as rumors of a river blockage at Juan del Grijalva in the Upper Grijalva river will destroy the Penitas dam and re-flood Villahermosa with greater devastation.November 2007 Causes and prevention Tabasco is one of the richest states in Mexico in terms of petroleum, however it is one of the poorest states in terms of social services and health. It has been widely claimed that the disaster could have been prevented or at least limited, but the money that was assigned to infrastructure has vanished. The National Water Commission (CONAGUA es Comisión Nacional del Agua (México)) was responsible for the construction of hydraulic repairs in the "Peñitas' ditch", which would have reduced the impact of the water in Tabasco. Authorities are making plans to avoid the repetition of this tragedy, elaborating on the existing flood management systems constructed after the floods of 1999. This hydraulic infrastructure will include the construction of borders, breakwaters and sea walls to fight the sea, as well as dredging the rivers to increase peak capacity.Reforma Culpa Granier a la CNA es 7 November 2007Reforma Lo más grave apenas inicia es 11 November 2007 Response National thumb|Students in Guadalajara collect donations for Tabasco The flood tragedy resulted in great national unity among people living throughout Mexico as well as an outpouring of support from abroad. Hundreds of people from all parts of Mexico made donations including those from states that were in previously similar crisis such as Hurricane Dean victims. Entertainers such as Alejandro Fernández, Thalía, members of Los Tigres del Norte, Jaguares, Hombres G, Lorena Ochoa,http://www.mediotiempo.com/mas_deportes/noticia.php?id_noticia%3D9215 Archived copy 2007-11-27 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071128102450/http://www.mediotiempo.com/mas_deportes/noticia.php?id_noticia=9215 28 November 2007 Místicohttp://www.mediotiempo.com/mas_deportes/galeria.php?id_galeria%3D246 Archived copy 2007-11-20 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071121110307/http://www.mediotiempo.com/mas_deportes/galeria.php?id_galeria=246 21 November 2007 and Miguel Boséhttp://www.esmas.com/musica/pop/noticias/676812.html Tarabu Noticias 2007-11-13 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071114152147/http://www.esmas.com/musica/pop/noticias/676812.html 14 November 2007 have also shown their support. Many Mexico football clubs, and their players, also collected significant donations. Club Amount ReferencePumas UNAM 15 tons of provisions. 2 trailers came out of CU (Ciudad Universitaria) one with 32 tons, and the other with 29 tons of provisions.http://www.mediotiempo.com/noticia.php?id_noticia%3D47780 Medio Tiempo Pumas Los Pumas entregaron 15 toneladas de v veres para damnificados 2007-11-10 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071111181031/http://www.mediotiempo.com/noticia.php?id_noticia=47780 11 November 2007 http://www.esmas.com/deportes/futbol/676308.html Pumas brinda ayuda para damnificados de Tabasco esmas.com :: Televisa Deportes 2007-11-10 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071112023554/http://www.esmas.com/deportes/futbol/676308.html 12 November 2007 Cruz Azul Football players gathered provisions at La Noria http://www.mediotiempo.com/noticia.php?id_noticia%3D47870 Medio Tiempo Cruz Azul Los jugadores de Cruz Azul intercambiaron firmas y fotos por v veres 2007-11-12 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071112214816/http://www.mediotiempo.com/noticia.php?id_noticia=47870 12 November 2007 http://www.mediotiempo.com/noticia.php?id_noticia%3D47732 Medio Tiempo Cruz Azul La M quina Celeste apoya a Tabasco 2007-11-10 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071109230301/http://www.mediotiempo.com/noticia.php?id_noticia=47732 9 November 2007 PicturesMonterrey Gathered 3 tons of provisions (around 90 tons where gathered from the people in Monterrey). Lent their stadium to use for shelter.http://www.mediotiempo.com/noticia.php?id_noticia%3D47675 Medio Tiempo Monterrey Brindan Rayados ayuda a Tabasco 2007-11-10 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071111180707/http://www.mediotiempo.com/noticia.php?id_noticia=47675 11 November 2007 http://www.mediotiempo.com/noticia.php?id_noticia%3D47428 Medio Tiempo Monterrey Se une Rayados en causa por Tabasco 2007-11-10 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071105052200/http://www.mediotiempo.com/noticia.php?id_noticia=47428 5 November 2007 Chivas de Guadalajara Together with Atlas, and Tecos, gathered 75 tons of provisions through a campaign titled Firmanos tu Ayuda (We sign your help). Donated 4 houses and scheduled a game on 17 November between Chivas and Chivas USA with all the money from the entrance to be donated as well as the money from the entrance against Chiapas.http://www.mediotiempo.com/noticia.php?id_noticia%3D47605 Medio Tiempo M xico Todo listo en Zapopan para "Firmamos tu ayuda" 2007-11-10 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071109105003/http://www.mediotiempo.com/noticia.php?id_noticia=47605 9 November 2007 http://www.mediotiempo.com/noticia.php?id_noticia%3D47672 Medio Tiempo Firmamos tu apoyo Anuncian partido Chivas-Chivas USA por Tabasco 2007-11-10 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071110105212/http://www.mediotiempo.com/noticia.php?id_noticia=47672 10 November 2007 http://www.mediotiempo.com/noticia.php?id_noticia%3D47713 Medio Tiempo Chivas Ofrece Bravo disculpa a la afici n por ausencia en "Firmamos tu Ayuda" 2007-11-10 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071110105305/http://www.mediotiempo.com/noticia.php?id_noticia=47713 10 November 2007 PicturesAtlas Together with Chivas, and Tecos, gathered 75 tons of provisions through the campaign Firmanos tu Ayuda. PicturesTecos Together with Atlas, and Chivas, gathered 75 tons of provisions through the campaign Firmanos tu Ayuda. They also sent doctors to Tabasco, and lent their stadium for the campaign. PicturesVeracruz Gathered provisions at their stadiumhttp://www.mediotiempo.com/noticia.php?id_noticia%3D47438 Medio Tiempo Veracruz Buena respuesta de la afici n escuala para los damnificados de Tabasco 2007-11-10 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071106035015/http://www.mediotiempo.com/noticia.php?id_noticia=47438 6 November 2007 Tigres Will lend their stadiumhttp://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/7413644 FOX Sports – Mexico – Donará Puebla taquilla ante Chivas 2007-11-10 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071227130246/http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/7413644 27 December 2007 Pachuca Gathered provisions at their stadiums. Will donate 10% of the money gathered in their next game against Pumas.http://www.mediotiempo.com/noticia.php?id_noticia%3D47670 Medio Tiempo M xico San Luis y Pachuca abren centros de acopio pro Tabasco y Chiapas 2007-11-10 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071111180652/http://www.mediotiempo.com/noticia.php?id_noticia=47670 11 November 2007 http://www.mediotiempo.com/noticia.php?id_noticia%3D47751 Medio Tiempo Pachuca Los Tuzos recaudar n v veres para los afectados en Tabasco 2007-11-10 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071110112543/http://www.mediotiempo.com/noticia.php?id_noticia=47751 10 November 2007 PicturesSan LuisGathered provisions at their stadium and will donate money gathered at their next game.ChiapasGathered provisions and lent their stadiumhttp://www.mediotiempo.com/galeria.php?id_galeria%3D976 Archived copy 2007-11-10 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071107045535/http://www.mediotiempo.com/galeria.php?id_galeria=976 7 November 2007 Puebla Lent their stadium and donated all the money obtained from their game against Chivas de GuadalajaraMonarcas Morelia Gathered provisions and donated 30% of the money obtained at their game against Cruz AzulSantos Donated half of the money obtained from the game against Tigres América Helped through "Fundacion Televisa" Special Mention: right|thumb|People receiving water from a rescue group Two players from the Mexico national team, Guillermo Ochoa from Club América and Gerardo Torrado from Cruz Azul on 11 November 2007 gathered provisions in exchange for autographs at the Martí Pedregal mall.http://www.mediotiempo.com/noticia.php?id_noticia%3D47730 Medio Tiempo M xico Torrado y Ochoa unidos por Tabasco 2007-11-10 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071109230251/http://www.mediotiempo.com/noticia.php?id_noticia=47730 9 November 2007 Spanish club Real Madrid will give a certain percentage of the money gathered at their game against Mallorca and will provide a number in which people in Spain can make their donations. The total amount donated was off US$100,000http://www.mediotiempo.com/noticia.php?id_noticia%3D47980 Medio Tiempo M xico Entreg Real Madrid 100 mil d lares para damnificados en Tabasco 2007-11-13 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071115100134/http://www.mediotiempo.com/noticia.php?id_noticia=47980 15 November 2007 http://www.mediotiempo.com/noticia.php?id_noticia%3D47623 Medio Tiempo Espa a Entregar Presidente del Real Madrid ayuda Tabasco 2007-11-10 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071109104842/http://www.mediotiempo.com/noticia.php?id_noticia=47623 9 November 2007 http://mediotiempo.com/noticia.php?id_noticia%3D47922 Medio Tiempo Espa a Realizar Presidente de Real Madrid donativo a damnificados en M xico 2007-11-13 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071115002704/http://www.mediotiempo.com/noticia.php?id_noticia=47922 15 November 2007 Televisa donated US$5,000 for every goal scored in the Jornada 16 of the Mexico Apertura 2007 tournament. 26 goals were scored, thus the donation was of US$130,000. Omar Bravo from the Mexico national team and from Chivas de Guadalajara gathered provisions through a campaign titled Corazón Compartido (Shared Heart), where he personally handed out a special jersey to the first 500 fans who attended the event with 5 kilograms of provisions or more.http://www.mediotiempo.com/noticia.php?id_noticia%3D48082 Medio Tiempo M xico Omar Bravo convoca a "Coraz n compartido", para recaudar v veres 2007-11-19 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071117102612/http://www.mediotiempo.com/noticia.php?id_noticia=48082 17 November 2007 http://www.mediotiempo.com/galeria.php?id_galeria%3D990%26foto%3D1 Archived copy 2007-11-20 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071123000955/http://www.mediotiempo.com/galeria.php?id_galeria=990&foto=1 23 November 2007 International International aid donated or pledged as of 13 November 2007 3:32 PM CDT Nation Amount ReferenceCuba 50 doctors on secondmenthttp://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/459305.html Tabasco: Comienza a llegar ayuda de EU, Canadá y Perú ElUniversal.com.mx es 5 November 2007 2007-11-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20071107081403/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/459305.html 7 November 2007 liveFlemish Community (Belgium) EUR 110,000Republic of Ireland EUR 1,000,000Germany EUR 250,000United Kingdom 10 inflatable dinghiesCanada CAD 500,000http://w01.international.gc.ca/minpub/Publication.aspx?isRedirect=True&publication_id=385569&language=E&docnumber=154 Canada Responds to Mexico Floods 6 November 2007 2007-11-09 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071227211001/http://w01.international.gc.ca/minpub/Publication.aspx?isRedirect=True&publication_id=385569&language=E&docnumber=154 27 December 2007 Japan JPY 14,000,000 (US$126,000)http://www.esmas.com/noticierostelevisa/mexico/676111.html Env a Jap n 126 mil d lares de ayuda para Tabasco 2007-11-10 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071111111357/http://www.esmas.com/noticierostelevisa/mexico/676111.html 11 November 2007 United States US$300,000 Organization/Entity Amount ReferenceWal-Mart US$600,000California boats, dry suits, blankets, generatorsGovernor Schwarzenegger Offers Critical Assistance to México Following Devastating Floods 7 November 2007 Office of the Governor of California http://gov.ca.gov/press-release/8039/%5B%5D https://web.archive.org/web/20080304205753/http://gov.ca.gov/press-release/8039/ 4 March 2008 live 17 January 2020 Economic consequences One week after the severe flooding, the capital of the state was in bankruptcy in part because flooding has affected various settlements. According to the local Chamber of Commerce, almost 15,000 establishments in downtown Villahermosa suffered losses of 100% in their infrastructure and inventories. This situation might cause a severe recession in the local economy, because many of these business beside having lost all their invested capital, have obligations with their suppliers, payments delayed with the government and workers' wages.http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/155726.html El Universal 2007-11-11 El Universal es https://web.archive.org/web/20071113141246/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/155726.html 13 November 2007 live Looting The disappearance of persons, acts of looting, lack of supplies and skin diseases are some of the effects suffered by thousands of victims in Tabasco.http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2007/11/05/internacional/1194230408.html Miles de damnificados en el estado de Tabasco sufren enfermedades y saqueos 2007-11-12 elmundo.es es https://web.archive.org/web/20071107091233/http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2007/11/05/internacional/1194230408.html 7 November 2007 live Drinking water and food shortages brought on by flooded roads in Tabasco prompted several looting incidents at abandoned homes and businesses.https://badnewsmexico.blogspot.com/2007_11_01_archive.html Bad News From Mexico 2007-11-12 Bad News From México The worst incident took place Saturday morning when around 1,000 people overran a downtown shopping center in Tabasco, overwhelming law enforcement officials posted in the area, and making off with everything in sight, including televisions and home appliances. Since the beginning of the disaster, many civilians denounced the existence of many vandalism groups. These groups started entering abandoned houses and also stole everything, Many special security operations have taken place along the damaged areas of Tabasco. One of the most important actions taken was proposed by Felipe Calderón that consisted to bring military troops together with federal police to the state of Tabasco. This operation was taken in order to prevent looting and vandalism. "People are going hungry, we're aware of that," Governor Andrés Granier said on television after the looting incident, "but being hungry doesn't justify such behaviour and outright attacks." Floods in Tabasco observed from Space The floods that had affected Tabasco were observable from the space, as seen in images from NASA. A system of low pressure was the phenomenon that unleashed strong and constant rains in southern Mexico from 28 October and for several days. The Spectrum-radiometer of Image of Moderate Resolution of the satellite Aqua of NASA took the image of the floods on 3 November 2007. References External links Homepage of the Government of the State of Tabasco https://web.archive.org/web/20100421115633/http://www.tabasco.gob.mx/ 21 April 2010 Homepage of the Government of the State of Chiapas Tabasco Hoy newspaper (local) Diario de la Tarde newspaper (local) Photo gallery en El Universal – a major national daily https://web.archive.org/web/20071109142539/http://fotos.eluniversal.com.mx/fotogaleria/wfg.html?gal=4091 9 November 2007 Photo gallery in El Mundo – a major Spanish newspaper Flickr images of the flooding Awareness page Category:2000s floods in North America Category:2007 floods Category:History of Tabasco Category:Natural disasters in Mexico Category:History of Chiapas Category:October 2007 in Mexico Category:November 2007 in Mexico Tabasco flood