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.

MEXICO CITY -- Tropical Storm John has caused a total of eight deaths in southern Mexico, and five days of heavy rains have generated severe flooding and mudslides in the Pacific coast resort of Acapulco.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -After already battering Mexico's Guerrero state, a strengthening Tropical Storm John is on track to turn back into a hurricane, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Wednesday,