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Hurricane Manuel hits Mexico; dozens missing after mudslide
By: I-Luv-Rashi Date: September 20, 2013, 2:43 am
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(CNN) -- Dozens of people are missing after a mudslide that
buried homes as Manuel pounded the country's Pacific Coast,
Mexico's president said Wednesday.
At least 58 people are unaccounted for in the municipality of
Atoyac de Alvarez, Mexican Pesident Enrique Peņa Nieto told
reporters Wednesday, describing damage there as "catastrophic."
The mayor of Atoyac, which is about 50 miles west of Acapulco,
told CNNMexico that 15 bodies had been recovered and at least 70
people remained trapped under mud that buried 20 homes.
Peņa Nieto said hundreds of people have been rescued from La
Pintada, the community in Atoyac hit by the mudslide. It's
unclear how many people remain buried, he said.
Manuel, which strengthened into a hurricane Wednesday evening,
was one of three storms bringing devastating deluges and
flooding to Mexico. At least 80 people were killed in the
storms, Mexico's interior ministry said.
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