Flash Flood have taken the lives of 15 people and thousands are forced to evacuate form their homes.

Mexican President Felipe Calderon promised for federal aid to the affected people. This flood is caused due to

heavy rains in the region and the rains are caused due the Hurricane Alex which turns the three states into pounds. The states of Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas and Coahuila are the mot affected areas and starting cleaning up.
Calderon said the government will provide “unconditional support” to the states as they start cleanup efforts.

“We will spare no effort to support the people that have suffered the effects of this phenomenon, Hurricane Alex, that has been the worst natural disaster in recent memory that Monterrey has suffered in particular and that the northeast has suffered in general,” the president said.

Military forces have been working around the clock to clean up debris from roads and homes.