At least 15 people have died in Mexico as a result of Hurricane John, the country's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has confirmed. The storm first made landfall a week ago as a category three hurricane on Mexico's Pacific coast,

In Guerrero, the worst-hit state and one of Mexico's poorest, 18 people were killed, according to local media, many due to mudslides that crushed houses. To the south, local media reported three deaths in Oaxaca, and a young boy died in a river to the north in Michoacan state.

Severe weather battered parts of Mexico for the fifth consecutive day as Tropical Storm John made landfall on Friday, releasing more rain and catastrophic flash-flooding, forecasters said, though it is expected to weaken as the storm sweeps the country’s southwestern coast for a second time this week.

Hurricane John left several people dead and neighborhoods underwater after hitting the beachside Mexican city of Acapulco, which was still recovering from a devastating storm last year, authorities said Friday.

Hurricane John, which came ashore in western Mexico on Monday and lashed the region with strong winds and heavy rains before dissipating, regained tropical storm strength over the Pacific Ocean late Tuesday, prompting a hurricane watch and tropical storm warning for southern and southwestern Mexico.

Hurricane John, which made landfall twice on Mexico's Pacific coast, has now left eight people dead, all of them in southern Guerrero state, home to the beachside city of Acapulco,

Hurricane John's return to the coast of Mexico has become a reality. The AFP agency reported additional victims of this destructive force of nature. Hurricane John struck Mexico's Pacific coast on Tuesday,