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Mexico: Hurricane Carlotta - Jun 2012

Status
Past
Countries
Mexico
Disaster types
Tropical Cyclone

About 12,000 families in the Coastal and South Sierra areas of Oaxaca were affected by Hurricane Carlotta, which made landfall on 15 Jun 2012 as a category one storm. At least seven people died, 29,000 houses were damaged, and more than 81 municipalities declared a state of emergency. (OCHA, 25 Jun 2012)