Hurricane Julia made its way to Mexico, causing flooding in Mexico's Acapulco and other municipalities in the state of Guerrero, local media reported.

The newspaper El Salvador published a series of images showing the effects of flooding in one of the most affected places in the country, the canton of Rio Grande in San Miguel. Water in half an hour flooded homes of local residents to a height of one meter and destroyed property and animals. Residents complained that none of the authorities reached out to them to help.

According to the Ministry of Education of the State of Guerrero, the flooding in the municipalities of Costa Chica, Acapulco, Costa Grande and the Upper Sierra forced the cancellation of classes and the use of educational institutions as shelters.

The water has swept away several people - a motorcyclist, a woman and half a dozen students, their fate is unknown.

Tropical Cyclone Julia has caused massive damage to South and Central America since Sunday. Floods from Venezuela to Mexico have claimed dozens of lives and affected hundreds of thousands of people to varying degrees.

On October 9, Hurricane Julia struck the coast of Nicaragua. Forecasters on the website of the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned that flash floods and mudslides were possible in Central America and southern Mexico because of the hurricane.