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Mexico: Hurricane Carlotta - Jun 2012

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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)

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