Mexico battered as storms converge: 41 dead and tourists stranded

A jetski became a useful rescue vehicle in Acapulco

 

Forty-one people have died and tens of thousands forced to evacuate their homes in a rare “double whammy” as two powerful storms converged from the Pacific and the Gulf to pummel Mexico.

Tropical Depression Ingrid battered Mexico’s northern Gulf coast while the remnants of Tropical Storm Manuel lashed the Pacific coast, inundating the popular beach resort of Acapulco.
Even as the storms weakened, they continued to unleash torrential rain, killing more than three dozen people in the states of Veracruz, Guerrero, Puebla, Hidalgo, Michoacan and Oaxaca, national emergency services said.
In the popular Pacific resort of Acapulco