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          Dozens Dead in Mexico as Tourists Evacuate Flooded Acapulco

   by VOA News

   Following a pair of deadly tropical storms, Mexico has launched an air
   lift to evacuate tourists stranded amid floods in the resort of
   Acapulco.
   Tropical Storm Manuel struck the Pacific coast on Sunday while
   Hurricane Ingrid made landfall Monday on the northeastern Gulf coast.
   Both storms weakened as they passed over land, but continued to drop
   torrential rains that have caused flooding and landslides.
   At least 38 people have been reported dead in several states, according
   to federal officials.  State and local authorities have reported 10
   more deaths.
   The southwestern state of Guerrero endured four days of non-stop rain
   that has flooded more than half of Acapulco, a city of 680,000 people,
   according to municipal officials.  The Pacific city's airport and two
   main highways are closed.
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   The city's mayor, Luis Walton, said at least 40,000 Mexican and foreign
   beachgoers are marooned in hotels.
   Guerrero officials say the rain has caused damages of nearly $400
   million.
   President Enrique Pena Nieto said via Twitter he had ordered  a ``house
   by house'' census in Guerrero and told the federal transport ministry
   to establish an air bridge to Mexico City.
   Meanwhile, landslides buried homes and a bus in the eastern state of
   Veracruz.  Thousands were evacuated from flooded areas, some by
   helicopter, and taken to shelters.
   State oil monopoly Pemex had to evacuate three oil platforms and halted
   drilling at some wells.  A spokesman for the company said output and
   exports had not been affected.
   It is the first time since 1958 that two storms hit Mexico at the same
   time.
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