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 southern coast, a strengthening Tropical Storm John moved back into the Pacific Ocean but is forecast to again slam into the Mexican mainland on Wednesday evening,

Hurricane John, which came ashore in western Mexico on Monday and lashed the region with strong winds and heavy rains before dissipating, regained tropical storm strength over the Pacific Ocean late Tuesday, prompting a hurricane watch and tropical storm warning for southern and southwestern Mexico.