Mexico is suffering from floods even worse than those that struck Colorado last week

Mexico is suffering from floods even worse than those that struck Colorado last week. The floods began late last week when tropical storms Manuel and Ingrid hit Mexico at the same time. So far the storms have killed 97 and forced 50,000 to evacuate, while 40,000 tourists are stranded in Acapulco. Even worse, there’s a chance a cyclone could form over the Gulf of Mexico and cause even more flooding. Fortunately, things are looking up in Colorado. The number of people missing after last week’s floods has dropped to 200, and some Coloradans are beginning to return home. It’s going to be a long recovery: The storm destroyed 1,500 homes and damaged 11,750 more.
 
• Read up on the 80-person death toll no one is talking about (PolicyMic).
 
• 34 photos of the aftermath from Colorado’s historic floods (In Focus).