Mexico's worst drought in 70 years has wiped out the year's corn crop and left more than 2.5m people without food and water.<br /><br />An estimated 40 per cent of the national territory in the north and central parts of the country has been affected.<br /><br />The economic hit caused by the drought is expected to force hundreds of thousands of people to leave the parched lands, and seek scarce jobs in the cities.<br /><br />Mexico, one of the world's top corn producers, is now planning to import corn from the US.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Franc Contreras reports from Mexico City.
