In Mexico, 80,000 people remain trapped by floodwaters on Mexico’s southern gulf coast. Ten people have died since rivers burst their banks last week, destroying the homes of 500,000 people. The state of Tabasco is the hardest hit, with 80 percent of the area submerged in water. Tabasco Governor Andrés Granier appealed for international aid.

Andrés Granier: “We are going to overcome this tragedy. We are on our feet. We are not going to give up. I would like to make a call to the people, to all the world, to ask them to turn their eyes to Tabasco, to Mexico, and ask them to send the aid we need, the aid from all the countries of the world that New Orleans received at its moment.”

The floods are being called one of the worst natural disasters in Mexico’s history.