Cyclone Manuel upgraded to hurricane, and it’s disastrous:
The full extent of the disaster, however, is only now beginning to emerge as news of death, destruction and dwindling supplies of food in mountain communities takes over from the more visible chaos the storm caused in big cities such as Acapulco.
Fifty-eight people were still missing after part of a hillside collapsed on top of much of the coffee-growing village of La Pintada, leaving survivors trapped between a swollen river they cannot cross and the still unstable mountain that is threatening to fall apart again at any moment.
There’s a missing helicopter, a crocodile loose in Acapulco, and the rescue effort is hampered by mudslides,
