Officials Say Mexico Storm Death Toll Rises to 80, as New Storms Loom Angela Charlton - Agence France-Presse
go to original September 18, 2013

Mexico is preparing for what could be its third tropical storm in less than a week. The government is trying to get aid to more than a million people who have been affected. Al Jazeera's Osama Bin Javaid reports. (AlJazeeraEnglish)

ACAPULCO - The death toll from landslides and floods battering Mexico rose to 80 Wednesday as the country braced for new storms and desperate tourists sought airlifts out of an inundated Acapulco.

The fatalities spread across 12 of the country's 32 states after a pair of tropical storms, Ingrid and Manuel, lashed large swaths of the country this week, said national civil protection director Ricardo de la Cruz told a news conference.

The toll could rise after the mayor of a mountain municipality in the southwestern state of Guerrero said at least 18 bodies were pulled from a landslip that hit more than 20 homes housing 70 people.

... Forecasters, meanwhile, warned that a new cyclone may form on the east coast, while Tropical Storm Manuel regenerated south of Baja California and threatened to become a hurricane, three days after slamming the Pacific coast.

The new threat comes after Ingrid, which hit the northeast on Monday, and Manuel became the first tropical storms to make landfall almost simultaneously in half a century.

The storms have affected some 220,000 people across the country, damaging scores of bridges and homes, and left Acapulco isolated after its two highways and airport were hit by landslides and floods.

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