A man walks over the debris of his home damaged by hurricane Carlotta in the community of San Antonio Tonameca in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.
Photograph by: Jorge Luis Plata, Reuters , Reuters
Tropical Storm Carlotta weakened into a tropical depression on Saturday after battering Mexico's Pacific coast and killing at least two children whose house collapsed in a landslide.
The government of Mexico previously lifted the hurricane warning from Salina Cruz to Acapulco after Carlotta made landfall in the southern state of Oaxaca on Friday night, dumping rain on mountainous villages along the coast.
Carlotta became a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson intensity scale before weakening to a tropical storm earlier Saturday.
A mud-brick house collapsed in the town of Pluma Hidalgo, Oaxaca, killing a 13-year-old girl and her seven-year-old sister, said Cyntia Tovar, a spokeswoman for the state's emergency services department. The girls' mother survived but was badly injured and taken to the hospital, Tovar said.
"The damage occurred during the night so we are still gathering information. There was no major flooding but a lot of rain and strong winds," said Tovar.
Farther north, heavy rains lashed the tourist resort of Acapulco overnight. Skies were overcast in the resort on Saturday, but tourists returned to the beaches and hotel pools.
Melquiades Olemedo, head of emergency services for Acapulco city, said no major damage was reported - only sporadic power outages and trees downed by winds that reached 60 kilometres per hour.
The storm is forecast to swirl inland over southern Mexico for the next couple of days, dumping between 100 to 200 mm of rain through Monday, the Miami-based centre said.
"These rains could cause life-threatening flash floods and mudslides," the centre said.
The government of Mexico previously lifted the hurricane warning from Salina Cruz to Acapulco after Carlotta made landfall in the southern state of Oaxaca on Friday night, dumping rain on mountainous villages along the coast.
Carlotta became a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson intensity scale before weakening to a tropical storm earlier Saturday.
A mud-brick house collapsed in the town of Pluma Hidalgo, Oaxaca, killing a 13-year-old girl and her seven-year-old sister, said Cyntia Tovar, a spokeswoman for the state's emergency services department. The girls' mother survived but was badly injured and taken to the hospital, Tovar said.
"The damage occurred during the night so we are still gathering information. There was no major flooding but a lot of rain and strong winds," said Tovar.
Farther north, heavy rains lashed the tourist resort of Acapulco overnight. Skies were overcast in the resort on Saturday, but tourists returned to the beaches and hotel pools.
Melquiades Olemedo, head of emergency services for Acapulco city, said no major damage was reported - only sporadic power outages and trees downed by winds that reached 60 kilometres per hour.
The storm is forecast to swirl inland over southern Mexico for the next couple of days, dumping between 100 to 200 mm of rain through Monday, the Miami-based centre said.
"These rains could cause life-threatening flash floods and mudslides," the centre said.
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