Tropical Storm Erick Leaves One Dead, Three Missing in Mexico Agence France-Presse
go to original July 9, 2013

AFP Update: A second body was found amid the rubble that was swept by the overflowing river in the town of Xalisco.

Tropical storm Erick has been downgraded to a tropical depression off Mexico's Pacific coast after leaving at least one person dead and three missing, authorities said late Monday.

Erick, which reached the level of a category one hurricane on Saturday, also left 5,000 people homeless in the western state of Nayarit.

The body of a 44-year-old man was found Sunday after he was apparently swept away by the Indio River, according to the state civil protection director, Matin Tapia.

Authorities are searching for three other people in the area of Xalisco, which was hardest hit as the river swelled to as much as six meters (20 feet) more than its normal level.

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