Authorities in Mexico prepared on Monday for the arrival of Hurricane John, which strengthened to a Category 2 storm off the country's southern coast, according to the US-based National Hurricane Center.

Along Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, floodwaters have begun to recede, leaving behind devastated towns and 15 dead, after John struck the coast once as a hurricane and again as tropical storm Desperate residents in the town of Coyuca de Benitez,

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,