Storms leave 2 dead in Mexico as flash-flood risk from Rachel lingers across the Southwest US

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Extreme tropical weather led to two deaths in Mexico and caused widespread damage over the weekend as Hurricane Simon pounded the country's Pacific coast, authorities said Monday.Simon has weakened to a Category 2 storm, its eye remaining just offshore as its most powerful winds and rain slammed communities between the Sierra Madre and the Pacific Ocean off the coastal resort of Puerto Vallarta.More rain and isolated thunderstorms could hit the Southwest U.S., prompting forecasters to issue flood watches Monday after the remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel caused severe flooding in Las Vegas over the weekend.Hurricane Simon batters Mexico’s Pacific coastIn Mexico, a 71-year-old man died after a wall collapsed in Chilpancingo, the capital of the southern state of Guerrero, Gov. Evelyn Salgado said at a news conference. In the state of Baja California, at least 10 people were reported missing and a young girl dead in the aftermath of Rachel, according to Gov. Marina del