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Added on the 29/08/2020 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Mexicans enjoy the beach in the seaside resort of Puerto Vallarta despite gray skies looming in the distance as tropical storm Lidia approaches Mexico's Pacific coast. Lidia is expected to strengthen to Category 1 hurricane status before making landfall. Rainfall is also expected further south on Mexico's Pacific coast, as tropical storm Max approaches. IMAGES
Mexican authorities declared a state of emergency in dozens of municipalities, closing schools and evacuating thousands as a powerful storm made its way to the country’s west coast.
Forensics and security forces work at the scene after a mayor was shot dead in Mexico, the latest politically related killing in the country plagued by violence and organized crime. Guillermo Torres, 39, and his 14-year-old son were attacked at a restaurant in Morelia, the capital of western Michoacan state, the prosecutor's office said in a statement. His son survived. IMAGES
A tractor clears uprooted trees in Saint-Lormel on France's Brittany coast, after Storm Ciaran battered northern France with record winds of nearly 200 km per hour. Three French departments -- Finistere, Cotes-d'Armor and Manche -- were placed on red storm alert, the highest level, at midnight. IMAGES
Images at the port of La Libertad, El Salvador, as tropical storm Pilar scrapes past Central America, causing heavy rains along the Pacific coast but growing less likely to make landfall. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).