At least 34 people have been killed in Mexico by two powerful storms simultaneously pounding the country with heavy rains, one on its east coast and the other on the west coast.
Both Tropical Storm Ingrid and the remnants of Tropical Storm Manuel drenched Mexico's Gulf and Pacific coasts with more torrential rains on Monday, flooding towns and cities, cutting off highways and setting off deadly landslides.
Hurricane Ingrid forced thousands of residents on Mexico's western Gulf Coast to evacuate their homes before it was downgraded to a tropical storm just before it made landfall on Monday. Ingrid, which arrived just a day after Tropical Storm Manuel hit Mexico's Pacific Coast, currently has maximum sustained winds of 45 mph and is dumping torrential rains as it moves west-northwest through Tamaulipas state at a speed of 8 mph, reports the BBC.
On the Pacific coast, Tropical Storm Manuel also caused widespread damage and the deaths of 22 people in the region, including 12 killed in a landslide in the town of Altotonga, reports the Huffington Post.
On Sunday, Manuel was downgraded from a Tropical Storm to a Tropical Depression. The storm is expected to dissipate on Tuesday, but forecasters at the Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned Ingrid could still cause deadly flash floods and mudslides. They also said the storm could dump as much as 15 inches of rain over parts of eastern Mexico.
Three more people were killed in landslides in surrounding Guerrero state. More than 20,000 homes have lost power.
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