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Hundreds of thousands of Mexicans fled a flooded region of the Gulf coast Friday, jumping from rooftops into rescue helicopters, scrambling into boats or swimming out through murky brown water. President Felipe Calderon called the flooding in Tabasco state one of Mexico's worst recent natural disasters, and pledged to rebuild. Rescue workers and police were out in force Saturday helping flood victims in Mexico's devastated southern Tabasco state, as food shortages sent hundreds of hungry people on a looting rampage at a shopping center. Thousands of people perched on roofs in southern Mexico on Saturday, desperate to be evacuated from flooding caused by heavy rains that has left most of Tabasco state under water and 800,000 people homeless. Nov. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Thousands of residents of Mexico's Tabasco state are stranded on rooftops awaiting rescue after the worst flooding in the state's history, El Universal reported. Rescue workers and police were out in force Saturday still trying to help locals in Mexico's devastated southern Tabasco state -- 80 percent under water after its worst natural disaster in decades. A female schoolteacher and a 13-year-old boy who allegedly fled together have been arrested in Mexico, authorities said Saturday. A female schoolteacher and the 13-year-old boy she allegedly ran away were found Saturday in Mexico, a prosecutor said.
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