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Mexico storms: Hurricane Manuel upgraded and near coast Mexico storms: Hurricane Manuel upgraded and near coast
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US meteorologists say Tropical Storm Manuel, which has battered the south-west of Mexico, has gathered strength and is now a category one hurricane.US meteorologists say Tropical Storm Manuel, which has battered the south-west of Mexico, has gathered strength and is now a category one hurricane.
Hurricane Manuel is now approaching north-western Mexico and threatens more destruction, the US National Hurricane Centre said. Hurricane Manuel is now approaching north-western Mexico and threatens more destruction, the US National Hurricane Centre says.
The tropical storms Ingrid and Manuel killed 80 people earlier this week. Tropical storms Manuel and Ingrid left at least 80 people earlier this week.
Now 58 people are reported missing after a landslide buried a village in the south-west of the country. Another 58 people are missing after the village of La Pintada in Guerrero state was buried in a landslide.
US experts say Hurricane Manuel is sustaining winds of 120km/h (75mph) and moving towards the coast. Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong said rescue workers had not yet been able to search for survivors because conditions remained dangerous, with water gushing down the hillside where the collapse had happened.
'Very powerful landslide' Residents of La Pintada, a remote village of about 600 people north-west of Acapulco, described how the hillside buried their homes as they were holding independence day celebrations on Monday evening.
President Enrique Pena Nieto said that 58 people were missing after the landslide in the village of La Pintada in Guerrero state. The landslide tore through the middle of the village, destroying the church, the school and the kindergarten.
"It doesn't look good, based on the photos we have in our possession," said Mexican Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong, saying it was a "very powerful" landslide. "We were eating when it thundered, and when the mountain collapsed the homes were swept away and the thundering noise became louder," Erika Guadalupe Garcia told AFP news agency.
"Up to this point, we do not have any [confirmed] dead in the landslide," he added. Ana Clara Catalan, 17, described the noise as "ugly, worse than a bomb".
Tens of thousands of tourists, cut off by landslides caused by Manuel, are still being transported out of the Mexican resort of Acapulco. "More than half of La Pintada was demolished, few homes were left," Maria del Carmen Catalan said.
More than 2,000 tourists have been airlifted from the Air Base Seven military facility north of the resort. Most of the residents have been now been evacuated by helicopter.
Since the weekend, passengers have been stranded in hotels and at Acapulco's international airport, where water flooded the terminal. Guerrero state Governor Angel Aguirre said it was "very likely that these 58 missing people lost their lives".
Manuel was almost immediately followed by Hurricane Ingrid, causing widespread devastation in the east of the country. It was the first time since 1958 that two powerful storms hit Mexico within 24 hours. With roads flooded and communication lines down, news of the landslide only emerged after a resident managed to radio someone in a neighbouring village.
Main roads out of Acapulco have been blocked by landslips, leaving tourists and local residents stranded in the city and along Mexico's west coast. Approaching storm
At Air Base Seven, soldiers guarded families who waited for hours outside the base until they were allowed to board one of the few aircraft which would take them to Mexico City. Meteorologists said Mexico was experiencing "unusual" weather as it was hit by Tropical Storms Manuel and Ingrid within the space of 24 hours - something which had not happened in Mexico since 1958.
In Acapulco, passengers were being taken directly from shelters to the runway because the main airport terminal remained closed. Ingrid made landfall on Monday in the town of La Pesca on Mexico's Gulf Coast. It mainly affected the state of Tamaulipas, where thousands of people were moved from low-lying areas to higher ground.
"I see everybody helping," said Canadian tourist Michael Paliti, adding that he was "trying to get home as best as possible". Mexico's state oil company Pemex also evacuated three platforms off the coast of Tamaulipas and closed two dozen wells.
"We're desperate because we cannot return to our city or jobs. But for now, there's still no hope of returning," Isabel Duarte, another tourist, said. And now the north-western coast is threatened as Hurricane Manuel, with sustained winds of up to 120km/h (75mph), is slowly moving north along the coast of Sinaloa state.
Dozens of other towns in the south-western Guerrero state have also been hit by Manuel since it made landfall on Sunday. It is already causing torrential rains in Sinaloa and forecasters have warned it could trigger flash flooding and landslides.
There are fears that remote hillside communities may be particularly affected. Meanwhile, the south-western state of Guerrero is still struggling to recover from when it was it hit by Manuel on Sunday.
In the east, Hurricane Ingrid was downgraded to a tropical storm shortly before it made landfall on Monday near the town of La Pesca. More than 10,000 tourists have been airlifted by military planes out of the resort town of Acapulco, where they had been stranded since the weekend.
More than 20,000 people have since been evacuated in the state of Veracruz. Acapulco's civilian airport was flooded and a power cut has meant most flights have been grounded for days.
Mexicans are now hoping for a break in the weather to give them a chance to regroup and allow rescuers to operate more freely, the BBC's Will Grant in Mexico City reports. Officials said it would take at least another day to reopen the main highways leading out of Acapulco.
But there seems to be no let-up in the rain and powerful winds for the time being, our correspondent adds. Renewed rainfall could further delay the clean-up.
Tens of thousands of residents continue to live in shelters and are dependent on food being dropped from helicopters.
Several stores have been looted and residents of the outskirts of Acapulco have complained about being left to fend for themselves.
"If we can't work, we have to come and get something to eat," a 60-year-old fisherman told the Associated Press news agency as he stood outside a looted supermarket.
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