- Title: REFILE: Tropical Storm John lashes Mexican coast, three killed
- Date: 24th September 2024
- Summary: MARQUELIA, GUERRERO, MEXICO (SEPTEMBER 24, 2024) (REUTERS) RIVER OVERFLOWING AFTER RAINS CAUSED BY STORM JOHN WOMAN OBSERVING RISING RIVER FROM BRIDGE VARIOUS OF TIN ROOFS KNOCKED DOWN BY WIND AND FLOODED STREETS MAN IN RAINCOAT WALKING ON FLOODED STREET TIN ROOF OUTSIDE AUTO REPAIR SHOW KNOCKED DOWN BY JOHN (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) LOCAL, MARIA GUADALUPE DIAZ, SAYING: "Oh no
- Embargoed: 8th October 2024 22:09
- Keywords: Guerrero Mexico Oaxaca tropical storm
- Location: MARQUELIA & ACAPULCO, GUERRERO, MEXICO / IN SPACE/OVER PACIFIC COAST, MEXICO
- City: MARQUELIA & ACAPULCO, GUERRERO, MEXICO / IN SPACE/OVER PACIFIC COAST, MEXICO
- Country: Mexico
- Topics: Disaster/Accidents,South America / Central America,North America,Wind/Hurricane/Typhoons/Tornadoes
- Reuters ID: LVA001662724092024RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Tropical Storm John unleashed heavy rains along Mexico's southern Pacific coast as it moved inland on Tuesday (September 24) morning, threatening dangerous flooding and causing at least three deaths.
Stretching across several Mexican states, the storm uprooted trees and electrical posts and damaged roofs, officials told reporters at a briefing on Tuesday.
The affected area is home to both cargo ports and some of the country's top beach resorts. Around two-thirds of local power users were without electricity and phone service was also hit, officials said.
In Oaxaca state, the Puerto Escondido and Huatulco airports popular with tourists were closed.
Two fatalities were reported after a mudslide smothered a house in the small town of Tlacoachistlahuaca, in Guerrero state, located inland in between Puerto Escondido and Acapulco, a major beach resort that was devastated by Hurricane Otis last year.
A third death was also reported in the mountainous area of Guerrero, in the municipality of Malinaltepec, the state's civil protection agency told Reuters.
Laura Velazquez, the national head of emergency services, said John could cause further "intense rainfall" over Guerrero, one of Mexico's poorest states. She said accumulated rainfall so far had totaled nearly 11 inches (28 cm).
John was downgraded from hurricane strength to a still powerful tropical storm as it made landfall overnight.
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