Mexico

By Alberto Fajardo and Luis Enrique Martinez, Reuters

Tens of thousands of people have been trapped in the aftermath of two storms that hammered vast swaths of Mexico. More than 1 million people have been affected. Acapulco's airport terminal was under water, stranding tourists.

Shops were plundered in the city's upscale neighborhood of Diamante, home to luxury hotels and plush apartments, where dozens of cars were ruined by muddy brown floodwaters. Marines were posted outside stores to prevent further theft... 

...Northwest of Acapulco in the village of La Pintada, rescue workers have recovered the bodies of 18 people killed after a landslide buried their homes, the town's mayor said. 

That death toll could rise because more than 60 people in the area have disappeared. 

Torrential rains were spawned by two storms, Ingrid and Manuel, which converged on Mexico from the Gulf and the Pacific over the weekend, triggering the flash floods. On Wednesday night, the U.S. National Hurricane Center announced Manuel strengthened to a hurricane. 

Rescue workers in the state of Baja California Sur, home to the popular beach resorts of Los Cabos, prepared to evacuate people from flood-prone areas. 

Manuel will likely soak the states of Nayarit, Sinaloa and Baja California Sur in the next few days, the NHC said....

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