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Hope today. that s because the main highway out of here is expected to re-open. that will take pressure off for the so many thousands of people, including the people behind me trying to get on an ape, it would take the pressure off so they can get out of here after being stranded for almost a week. tropical storm manuel is still lashing northwest mexico, leaving scores of people dead and tens of thousands of tourists stranded. i ve been waiting in line for 12 hours she says. tourists line up outside this military base scrambling to get on emergency air lifts. there s no list. you put your name and you wait here. reporter: the airport has partially re-opened, relieving some of the pressure. flooded roads and errants have left the beach resort of acapulco cut off, plagued by looters. and a crocodile washed up with floodwaters. two men tried to catch it with ....
Physically no way to get out. reporter: for three days manuel pounded mexico s diamond coast leaving in its wake a chaotic scene. grocery store shelves emptied. at the local costco, looters weighed their way through. major roads blocked by mud slides. the international airport underwater, waste deep from the ticket counter to the curbside check-in. a carry on bag you need to carry on your head. most of the tourists are being diverted to a nearby military base to be air lifted out but it s slow going. little tired but, you know, trying to get home as fast as possible. reporter: the grand hotels are now rationing food. the stranded vacationers who kamt expecting five star accommodations are making due with a dry patch of floor in the lobby. david wright, abc news, los angeles. unbelievable. manuel strengthened to a ....
Carolina stanley cup. he -south carolina. here s some of our top stories. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now with john muller and diana perez. good thursday morning, everybody. we re going to begin this half hour with a desperate situation in mexico dealing with the worst weather crisis in 50 years. a one two punch from each coast has triggered severe landslides. tropical storm manuel has triggered a landslide. american tourists are stuck with no way out. david wright has the story. reporter: in mexico, paradise submerged. acapul acapulco, that name comes from an aztec word meaning washed away. it sure seems that way to some 40,000 tourists trying to get out. no way. there is no roads, no planes, ....
Tropical storm manuel triggering landslides and floods ripping apart roads, collapsing bridges, swallowing homes and cars. at this hour relief supplies are running low and nearly 40,000 tourists are there stranded. the terminal at the city s airport, as you can see, is totally under water. some of that water is going up to the barriers, which is about at your waist level or higher. you can see complete devastation there. still outfront, police pull two muddy cars from a lake in oklahoma. inside the bodies of six people. these people, though, have been missing for a long time. a major cold case break. we ll be live at the lake. plus a newly crowned miss america will be with me live tonight. she was called a terrorist by some when she won. she responds, outfront. our shoutout tonight. a man flirts with certain death. my customers can shop around ....