Mexico Storms: Tourists Evacuated In Acapulco

Emergency flights are starting to evacuate some of the 40,000 tourists stranded in a flood-hit Mexican holiday resort.

Landslides, rockslides, floods and collapsed bridges have cut off the resort city of Acapulco after Tropical Storm Manuel hit the coast on Sunday.

Planes began arriving in the city to evacuate thousands of Mexican and foreign tourists stranded in the city.

Interior Secretary Miguel Angel Osorio Chong told Radio Formula that 27 people had been killed in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero, where Acapulco is located.

Another 20 people have died across the country, many as a result of former hurricane Ingrid, which struck the Gulf coast on Monday.

It is the first time since 1958 that two storms have hit both the country's coasts within 24 hours, according to meteorologists.

Many parts of Acapulco are without water or electricity, with knee-deep floodwaters inside the city's airports.

Federal officials said it could take two more days to open the main highway to the city, which was hit by more than 13 landslides during heavy rain, and to bring supplies to the more than 800,000 people in Acapulco.

Two of Mexico's largest airlines, Aeromexico and Interjet, began running flights to and from the still-swamped international airport.

Guerrero state's government said 40,000 tourists were stuck in the city, but the head of the local chamber of business owners said reports from hotels indicated the number could be as high as 60,000.

Thousands of stranded tourists lined up outside an air force base north of Acapulco to try to get a seat on one of a handful of planes flying to Mexico City.

The US National Hurricane Centre said Manuel was expected to strengthen near resorts at the tip of the Baja California Peninsula.

Twelve people were killed in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz when a landslide smashed a bus travelling through the town of Altotonga.

More than 23,000 people have fled their homes in the state and at least 20 highways and 12 bridges have been damaged.

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