Mexico hit by Hurricane Ingrid and Tropical Storm Manuel.

At least 23 people have been killed in Mexico, which is being battered by two powerful storms simultaneously, one on its east and another on its west coast.

Hurricane Ingrid sent thousands to shelters on Mexico's Gulf Coast before it was downgraded to a tropical storm just before it made landfall.


Ingrid is dumping torrential rains as it moves westward through Tamaulipas at a speed of 17km/h (11mph).

On the Pacific coast, Tropical Storm Manuel also caused widespread damage.

Ingrid made landfall near the town of La Pesca in north-eastern Tamaulipas state on Monday.

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Waves flood a beach in Acapulco on 15 September, 2013
Tropical Storm Manuel caused extensive damage on Mexico's Pacific coast.
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With maximum sustained winds of 100km/h (65mph) it was expected to die down as it moved south-west on a path forecast to hit the city of San Luis Potosi.

Even though it has weakened since hitting land, forecasters at the Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned Irene could still cause deadly flash floods and mudslides.

They said the storm could dump as much as 38cm (15 inches) of rain over parts of eastern Mexico.

Six thousand people were evacuated as the category one hurricane approached the coast. Celebrations marking Mexico's independence day were cancelled in many coastal towns.

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State oil company Pemex said it had evacuated three platforms off the coast of Tamaulipas and closed two dozen wells in the area.

Ingrid made landfall just a day after Tropical Storm Manuel hit Mexico's Pacific Coast. The resort town of Acapulco was among those worst hit.

Eleven people are confirmed to have died there, six of them members of the same family whose house collapsed in a landslide.

Cars were dragged away in fast-flowing floodwaters and the airport has been closed.

Three more people were killed in landslides in surrounding Guerrero state. More than 20,000 homes have lost power.

On Sunday, Manuel was downgraded from a Tropical Storm to a Tropical Depression, but was forecast to dump more rain on the already sodden area.

The last time the country was hit by two tropical storms in the span of 24 hours was in 1958, according to National Weather Service coordinator Juan Manuel Caballero.