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Disaster
in Monarch Region: How
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Scenes from Angangueo Flooding of downtown Angangueo This video clip shows the Romero's store and home (front left). It was taken after peak flooding. The stains on the buildings show the high water mark. Evacuation
of Angangueo Clean-up
Begins Estela's
Red Volkswagen! Map Overlook
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Send Financial Support | |||
Journey North is coordinating a drive to send financial support to local, community-based, non-profit organizations who work in the monarch region. If you would like to support the work of these organizations, please send a check to: Journey
North Your contributions will be forwarded to organizations who are experienced in sustainable development projects and can work strategically and efficiently in the local communities. Emergency
needs are largely being met: Long-term
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Children can provide moral support by sending letters of encouragement to the government leaders who are responding to the disaster in Mexico. These officials will be inspired to know that thousands of children care about the people who live in the monarch region, and are personally connected by the monarch butterfly! Did
You Know? Try
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About the Disaster | |||
On Friday, February 5, after extreme rainfall in central Mexico, a disastrous flood struck the mountain town of Angangueo, Michoacan. This little town—which is located at the center of the monarch butterfly overwintering region—sustained extensive material damage and even human loss. Estela Romero, who coordinates Journey North's Symbolic Migration and whom we've come to know through her visits to area schools, is safe, as is her family. However, the flood destroyed their family store and the first floor of their beautiful old family home. She wrote on Saturday:
The government of Mexico has declared Angangueo a disaster area and thousands of people in the area have been evacuated to nearby towns. The roads into and out of the area, and up the mountain to the sanctuaries, have been damaged extensively by landslides. The rainfall lasted over 48 hours and was the heaviest in 25 years, according to Mexican authorities. |
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