Photos: Flooded Mexico, 47 Killed

Mud and rubble cover vehicles and homes were swept away after a landslide caused by heavy rains came down on a low income neighbourhood in the city of Chilpancingo, Mexico, Monday Sept. 16, 2013. (Alejandrino Gonzales/ AP)

47 people were killed after two tropical storms hit the opposite coasts of Mexico.

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A huge number of buildings, houses, roads, highways and bridges were damaged.

In Acapulco, at least 40,000 tourists, mainly Mexican were stranded. 

Acapulco was cut off from road transport after heavy rains due to Tropical Storm Manuel caused at least 13 landslides, rockslides, floods and collapsed bridges.

Federal officials said it could take at least another day to open the main highway to Acapulco.

The situation was far more serious in the city’s low-income neighbourhoods where rain water flowed from the nearby steep hills into the neighbourhoods causing flood and landslides.

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People stand next to a damaged home after a landslide caused by heavy rains in a low income neighbourhood in the city of Chilpancingo, Mexico, Monday Sept. 16, 2013. (Image: AP Photo/Alejandrino Gonzales)

Floodwaters rage past an urban area after the Huacapa River overflowed due to heavy rains caused by Tropical Storm Manuel in Chilpancingo, Mexico. (Image: AP Photo/Alejandrino Gonzalez)

Floodwaters race down a street after the Huacapa River overflowed due to heavy rains caused by Tropical Storm Manuel in Chilpancingo, Mexico. (Image: AP Photo/Alejandrino Gonzalez)

Floodwaters rage past an urban area after the Huacapa River overflowed due to heavy rains caused by Tropical Storm Manuel in Chilpancingo, Mexico. (Image: AP Photo/Alejandrino Gonzalez)

Floodwaters rage past an urban area after the Huacapa River overflowed due to heavy rains caused by Tropical Storm Manuel in Chilpancingo, Mexico. (Image: AP Photo/Alejandrino Gonzalez) Floodwaters rage past an urban area after the Huacapa River overflowed due to heavy rains caused by Tropical Storm Manuel in Chilpancingo, Mexico. (Image: AP Photo/Alejandrino Gonzalez)

Teenagers stand near a broken bridge due to heavy rains caused by two storms battering the country, in El Infiernillo, Michoacan state, Mexico. (Image: Agencia Quadratin/AFP/Getty Images)

A young man carrying a stolen computer wades through a flooded street in Acapulco, Mexico. (Image: STR/AFP/Getty Images

A building is engulfed in rocks and mud triggered by heavy rains brought by Tropical Storm Manuel on the outskirts of Acapulco, Mexico, Monday Sept. 16, 2013. (Image: AP Photo/Bernandino Hernandez)

A car floats in a flooded street in Acapulco, Mexico, after heavy rains hit the area on September 16, 2013. (Image: STR/AFP/Getty Images)

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21 Killed By Tropical Storm Manuel And Hurricane Ingrid

A car lies on its side after a portion of a hill collapsed due to heavy rains in the Pacific resort city of Acapulco, Mexico, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. Flooding and landslides unleashed by Hurricane Ingrid and Tropical Storm Manuel have claimed at least a dozen lives in Mexico and sparked the evacuations of thousands of people even before the weather systems had made landfall on the country’s east and west coasts. (AP Photo/Bernandino Hernandez)

 

At least 21 people were killed in Mexico after a hurricane and a tropical storm strikes the opposite sides of Mexico, the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific. 

Tropical Storm Manuel drenched Mexico’s southwestern Pacific shoulder Sunday while Hurricane Ingrid closed in on the country’s Gulf coast, causing heavy rains and landslides.

Civil Protection Coordinator Luis Felipe Puente said 14 people died in Guerrero, three in Hidalgo, three in Puebla and one in Oaxaca due to the disaster.

Tropical Storm Manuel, with a maximum sustained winds of about 35 mph (55 kph) was moving to the northwest at 8 mph (13 kph) late Sunday, 70 miles (110 kilometers) northwest of Manzanillo.

Manuel was expected to bring 10 to 15 inches of rain over parts of Guerrero and Michoacan state, with maximums of 25 inches in some isolated areas.

Meanwhile Hurricane Ingrid had maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 kph) late Sunday and was centered about 110 miles (175 kilometers) northeast of the port city of Tampico as it moved west-northwest at 6 mph (9 kph). 

It is expected to make a landfall by Monday morning, most likely along Tamaulipas state’s lightly populated coast north of Tampico.

Anyway, the storm system from the outer bands of Ingrid was already dumping heavy rains in parts of Mexico.

A hurricane warning was in effect from Cabo Rojo to La Pesca.

The hurricane can bring dangerous storm surge, destructive waves and heavy rains that can cause flash floods and landslides.

Yahoo! News said that more than 1,000 homes in Veracruz state had been affected by the storm to varying degrees and 20 highways and 12 bridges were damaged by the disaster.

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Army soldiers and a civilian look out into a flooded street caused by Tropical Storm Manuel in the city of Chilpancingo, Mexico, Sunday Sept. 15, 2013. In the southern Pacific Coast state of Guerrero, rains unleashed by Manuel resulted in the deaths of six people when their SUV lost control on a highway headed for the tourist resort of Acapulco. Another five people died in landslides in Guerrero and Puebla states, while the collapse of a fence killed another person in Acapulco. (AP Photo/Alejandrino Gonzalez)

This NOAA satellite image taken Sunday, September 15, 2013 at 1:45 PM EDT shows clouds from Hurricane Ingrid as it moves westward into central Mexico. A stationary front over the northern Bahamas brings rain showers and thunderstorms.(AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)

Flood waters caused by Tropical Storm Manuel enter a neighborhood in the city of Chilpancingo, Mexico, Sunday Sept. 15, 2013. In the southern Pacific Coast state of Guerrero, rains unleashed by Manuel resulted in the deaths of six people when their SUV lost control on a highway headed for the tourist resort of Acapulco. Another five people died in landslides in Guerrero and Puebla states, while the collapse of a fence killed another person in Acapulco. (AP Photo/Alejandrino Gonzalez)

Rain water pours into the beach due to heavy rains caused by Tropical Storm Manuel in the Pacific resort city of Acapulco, Mexico, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. Flooding and landslides unleashed by Hurricane Ingrid and Tropical Storm Manuel have claimed at least a dozen lives in Mexico and sparked the evacuations of thousands of people even before the weather systems had made landfall on the country’s east and west coasts. (AP Photo/Bernandino Hernandez)

Waves flood a beach in Acapulco September 15, 2013. REUTERS/Jacobo Garcia

Army soldiers work to try to get their vehicle out of a flooded portion of a road caused by Tropical Storm Manuel in the city of Chilpancingo, Mexico, Sunday Sept. 15, 2013. In the southern Pacific Coast state of Guerrero, rains unleashed by Manuel resulted in the deaths of six people when their SUV lost control on a highway headed for the tourist resort of Acapulco. Another five people died in landslides in Guerrero and Puebla states, while the collapse of a fence killed another person in Acapulco. (AP Photo/Alejandrino Gonzalez)