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VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico -- The death toll in the widespread flooding in southern Mexico rose to eight on Saturday as rescuers struggled to evacuate people from rooftops and bring supplies to those protecting their homes from would-be looters.
The department of civil defense in Chiapas state, which borders on Guatemala, reported finding seven bodies between Friday and Saturday. The dead included five adults swept away by swollen rivers, a 25-year-old undocumented Honduran immigrant who drowned while trying to cross a river, and an 8-year-old girl who fell from a bridge.See the full content of this document
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Flood Toll Rises to 8 in Mexico
In the neighboring Tabasco -- where one man died earlier in the week, and where almost 80 percent of the state was ...
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