As residents of southeast Mexico had just begun to catch their breath from the torrential rains of Hurricane Delta, they were struck with relentless Hurricane Eta — bringing catastrophic and life-threatening flash flooding to the area. One of the most heavily impacted areas is the state of Tabasco. Eta’s strength brought significant impact to over 80,000 residents here — compromising 7,000 homes, and resulting in loss of life for 5 people.
Hope Force Mexico's Director, Zalathiel Rodriguez, has begun to mobilize an assessment team to the affected area. Zalathiel, with significant experience in responding to earthquakes, flooding, and now the Covid pandemic, is already staging equipment and personnel in order to deploy to the area — anticipating a flood event operation. Hope Force’s efforts will be focused within the municipalities of Macuspana and Centro. At this moment, though the rains have ceased, the floodwaters continue to rise and it is expected that it will take several days to return to normal levels.