NBC Nightly News - 1999-10-09
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[0:00] After Hurricane Floyd, families shaken,
[0:03] especially the children.
[0:04] >> It turns a whole world upside down. It
[0:06] changes everything because they're like
[0:09] us. They have no idea what to what to
[0:11] expect.
[0:12] >> What doctors recommend to help children
[0:14] cope. And the Cuban exile protest over a
[0:18] band Miami's mayor tried to ban.
[0:22] >> He's trying to use them to cause
[0:24] controversy here in Miami.
[0:29] >> [music]
[0:29] >> From NBC News World Headquarters in New
[0:32] York, this is NBC Nightly News reported
[0:36] [music] by John Seagganthaler.
[0:38] >> Good evening everyone. It's the worst
[0:40] flood Mexico has seen in at least a
[0:42] century. And tonight, officials are just
[0:44] beginning to assess the damage. The
[0:46] massive flood waters and mudslides have
[0:48] killed more than 400, and the death toll
[0:50] is still rising. Hundreds of thousands
[0:53] have been left homeless, some villages
[0:55] wiped out, and many people are still
[0:57] missing. The disaster zone stretches
[0:59] from Mexico City south, an area that is
[1:02] larger than the state of California.
[1:04] NBC's Gerlin Y has the latest.
[1:07] >> After 3 days of torrential rains
[1:09] devastated central and southern Mexico,
[1:11] the cleanup has begun. This hospital
[1:14] lost 85% of its equipment and medicines,
[1:17] leaving it almost helpless in any relief
[1:19] effort. That effort could take months,
[1:22] and many people will never recover. The
[1:25] dead are already being buried in the
[1:27] state of Puebla, the hardest hit area.
[1:29] Mudslides in the town of Tusetland
[1:32] buried more than a hundred people.
[1:34] Rescuers are looking for many more still
[1:37] missing.
[1:38] >> And in the town of Mixoon, a hills