As many of you know, there has been major flooding in Southern Mexico. I was scheduled to fly into Villahermosa November 3rd in the evening. The situation has gone from very bad to much worse in he last 24 hours.
First, Villahermosa has around 350,000 living within the city. The "Metro area" has around 550,000.
Listen to these numbers.... the Mexican government reports that more than 80% ot the City of Villahermosa is underwater including downtown.
They report more that 750,000 people in Tabasco State cut off without communication or road access. They said the number could approach 1.5 million.
They reported that "normally" 32% of the State of Tabasco is covered with water... lakes, swamps, etc. Today it is more than 70%.
The government reported that more than 50% of the Summer crops were lost due to a very late start to the rainy season in May-June.
Now they report that more than 90% of the fall/winter crop has been lost to flooding.
They reported a minimum of 100,000 on rooftops, they don't want to leave because of looting.
The State police said Villahermosa is totally cut off from the rest of the world as well as over half the population of the State. They report thousands lining the highways trying to find loved ones and trying to leave town.
There are 10's of thousnads without shelter as the area has been overwhelmed with homeless.
The President of Mexico was in the area Nov 1st and said it is one of the worse natural disasters to ever hit Mexico.
Pray for this trip as the West edge of our churches has been affected. We also have 2 house churches in Villahermosa, one in Humanguillo and one in Teapa, all in the seriously affected areas. Pray for wisdom also as I travel, that I would have favor to change flights to fly into Campeche or Cuidad del Carmen instead of Villahermosa.
Blessings, Scott
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