Classes canceled, residents displaced in hurricane-hit areas of Mexico

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Source: CNN

Veracruz, Mexico (CNN) -- More than 3,500 people took refuge in 19 Veracruz state shelters, and school classes were canceled Monday in 11 municipalities after flooding caused by Hurricane Karl, which made landfall Friday in southeastern Mexico, the government-run news agency said.
Mexico's Interior Ministry has declared a state of emergency in 62 municipalities in Veracruz, making them eligible for federal funding, the Notimex news service said.
Thousands of stranded residents, some of them on rooftops, waited to be rescued Monday.

Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/09/20/mexico.karl.aftermath/

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Oh and according to local news we have over 50K people displaced by the storm. The Navy, Army, Civil Defense, Red Cross, are spinning up rescue and recovery operations... and no, not even CNN Spanish is covering this well... shocking... NOT.