Floods kill 3 in along Mexico's Gulf coast

VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico -Floods have killed at least three people in a Mexican Gulf coast state where authorities are struggling to persuade thousands of people to leave their inundated homes.

Officials in the town of Huimanguillo say three men drowned while trying to flee a torrent of water from an overflowing drainage canal. The statement Wednesday said many residents of the town refused to leave their flooded homes.

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