By Luis Enrique Martinez and Alberto Fajardo
ACAPULCO, Mexico (Reuters) - Stranded tourists salvaged belongings from submerged cars in the Mexican beach resort of Acapulco which had become a floodplain on Tuesday after some of the worst storm damage in decades killed more than 50 people across the country.
Television footage showed Acapulco's international airport terminal waist deep in water and workers wading out to escape floods which have prevented some 40,000 visitors leaving and blocked one of the main access routes to the city with mud.
A three day downpour cut off several roads in Acapulco, wrecking cars and restricting the delivery of supplies to the Pacific port city of 750,000 people where the tourist trade has suffered in recent years from a surge in drug gang violence.
"They've started to ration food here," said Pedro de la Torre, a 53-year-old graphic designer from Mexico City stranded in a large international hotel in Acapulco. "People are starting to get annoyed. I lost two cars, total write-offs," he added.
Outside the hotel, guests waded to their waterlogged vehicles in the hope of recovering whatever they could.
ACAPULCO, Mexico (Reuters) - Stranded tourists salvaged belongings from submerged cars in the Mexican beach resort of Acapulco which had become a floodplain on Tuesday after some of the worst storm damage in decades killed more than 50 people across the country.
Television footage showed Acapulco's international airport terminal waist deep in water and workers wading out to escape floods which have prevented some 40,000 visitors leaving and blocked one of the main access routes to the city with mud.
A three day downpour cut off several roads in Acapulco, wrecking cars and restricting the delivery of supplies to the Pacific port city of 750,000 people where the tourist trade has suffered in recent years from a surge in drug gang violence.
"They've started to ration food here," said Pedro de la Torre, a 53-year-old graphic designer from Mexico City stranded in a large international hotel in Acapulco. "People are starting to get annoyed. I lost two cars, total write-offs," he added.
Outside the hotel, guests waded to their waterlogged vehicles in the hope of recovering whatever they could.