1.  What happened in November 2007 in Tabasco, Mexico?  Be specific.

2.  List the groups mentioned in this article that are working together today to assist the residents of Tabasco affected by the flood.

3.  What help are relief workers (volunteer and government) giving the residents of Tabasco now, two months later?

4.  Why did Gaviotas Norte resident Rodolfo Arcos spread a thin layer of lime dust near his home?

5.  How does Brad Quist, a Michigan physician, say people are typically affected two weeks after a flood?

6.  What type of damage does flooding cause?  What type of cleanup/repair needs to happen after a flood?

7.  Including an initial $300,000 in flood assistance, the American people, through the U.S. Agency for International Development USAID, provided a total of $2 million in emergency assistance in November 2007 to the people affected in Tabasco and Chiapas states. In what other ways can individual citizens help those affected by the flood?