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.

As the slow-moving Tropical Storm John crawled along Mexico's Pacific coast on Friday, its four days of accumulated rain over the home state of major beach resort Acapulco now far exceeds the downpour from last year's devastating Hurricane Otis.