Mexico 2013 Fall Storm Flour

 worst storm seen in years if not ever.

47 Dead tropical storm and a hurricane hitting Mexico at nearly the same time. stranded tourists cutoff in resort city of Acapulco.

roads blocked by landslides, rockslides, floods and collapsed bridges.
Acapulco cut off from road after Tropical Manuel made landfall. The terminal at airport closed.

Emergency evacuations of 40,000 mainly Mexican tourists stranded, the streets were raging rivers. .

most Acapulco hotels operating close to normal. Rest of area neighborhoods had no water, electricity, with floodwaters two and a half foot deep inside the airport lobby.

Government says two or more days get the highway back open. So food, water and supplies can be brought into more than 800,000 people.

Aeromexico and Inter-jet, are operating limited flights in and out of swamped international airport.
ticketed passengers first priority, then travelers with small children and the elderly and disabled.

40,000 tourists stuck in the city, but the local chamber of commerce and 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. Many said they've been waiting at the base for hours after they were unable to return to Mexico City by road.

The main boulevard is open most hotels have power, water and food. But being stuck with the problems in Acapulco is not a picnic.

probably a bad holiday. like being an inmate and  being incarcerated.

As in most cases, the poor suffer the most. being away from the better built areas.
The shill people have a bad time with the running water into the Casa's and earth be washed away or into the residence.funneled rainwater into neighborhoods of  adobe or cinderblock homes damaging and killing.  Landslides and flooding damaged an unknown number of homes.

the run on Stores was  fast and furious,  nearly emptied by the people who could afford to  stock up on basic goods..
                 
Coyuca de Benitez on the Coast,  and beach resorts further west of Acapulco, including Ixtapa and Zihuatenejo, were cut off after a river washed out a bridge on the main coastal highway.

A number of people have no clean, dry clothes or bedding, as everything is wet or muddy.                 

some are lucky to be in shelters and they're begging for aid, food, water, shelter.
reported in the Gulf Coast state of Veracruz, where 12 people died when a landslide smashed into a bus traveling through the town of Altotonga, about 40 miles (65 kilometers) northwest of the state capital, Was one of the biggest single death tolls.

Over 23,000 people fled their homes in Veracruz state due to heavy rains spawned by Ingrid, and 9,000 went to emergency shelters. 20 highways, 12 bridges damaged.