This woman and her baby, rescued from floodwaters by the Mexican military, are the lucky ones. Battered and drenched by tropical storms on both coasts at once, Mexico is counting a terrible cost that has so far claimed at least 97 lives.
That toll seems certain to rise significantly, given the dire situation in the coffee-growing village of La Pintada in the Pacific state of Sonora, engulfed by a mudslide that has left 68 people missing, presumed dead.
Although tropical storms brew each summer in both the eastern Pacific and the Gulf of Mexico, it is highly unusual for the nation to be hit simultaneously on both coasts. This week's double blow from Ingrid in the east and Manuel in the west marked the first time since 1958 that tropical storms had hit both of Mexico's coasts within 24 hours of one another.
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