Mexico Storms: Rescue Helicopter 'Missing'

The number of deaths after the devastating Tropical Storm Manuel and Hurricane Ingrid has risen to 97, Mexican authorities have said.

Rescue workers pulled two bodies from the mudslide in La Pintada, where 68 people were reported missing after the village was devastated by twin storms that slammed the country this week.

Helicopters have evacuated more than 330 people from the village, taking them east to the nearby Pacific resort of Acapulco in Guerrero state.

Around 30 decided to stay in the village during the search for the missing.

Authorities lost contact with a federal police Black Hawk helicopter that was conducting rescue operations, according to reports.

The helicopter had been ferrying villagers down the mountain

The helicopter had taken a group of people from La Pintada to another community and contact was apparently lost after that when the pilot, co-pilot and mechanic were on a return flight.

One report suggested the helicopter may have landed due to bad weather and the crew was unable to radio its base.

The extreme weather has created floods and landslides across the nation.

Submerged trees after the river burst its banks

Civil protection officials said close to 35,000 homes were damaged or destroyed.

Guerrero state, in southern Mexico, has been the most affected, with a landslide in a mountainous area leaving 68 people missing.

Mudslides and collapsed bridges have been reported on key motorways, including the Highway of the Sun, a major four-lane motorway that links Acapulco to Mexico City.

As main routes to Acapulco remained closed on Thursday, hundreds of exhausted and hungry tourists and residents lined up for a chance to get food or find a way out of the city.

"The queue is kilometres long. There are no tents," said Blanca Flores, a tourist from Mexico City.

"There are elderly people (queuing), pregnant women, sick children."

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