Hurricane Jova death toll raised to 6

MANZANILLO, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities on Thursday raised to six the death toll from Hurricane Jova, which hit along the Pacific coast as a Category 2 storm, and warned the storm's remnants could affect opening ceremonies of the Pan American Games.

The body of a man who apparently had been swept away by a river current was found covered with mud in the town of Cihuatlan in Jalisco state, said civil protection spokesman Juan Pablo Vigueras. The games are scheduled to open in Jalisco on Friday.

The five other victims drowned, were killed by mudslides, or died in a collapsed house.

Rain from the remnants of Jova may change the open-air inauguration of the Pan American Games in the western city of Guadalajara, said Bernardo de la Garza, Mexico's top sports official.

Heavy rain falling on Mexico's west coast also may affect training sessions for triathlon, sailing and beach volleyball, he said, all three of which will be held in the beach resort of Puerto Vallarta just north of where Jova hit land early Wednesday.

A low-pressure system also continued to dump rain on southern Mexico and Central America, where it was blamed for the deaths of 13 people in Guatemala. Rains will likely continue during the next couple days as the system hovers over southeastern Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador, said the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida.

Meanwhile, Tropical Depression Irwin is expected to weaken as it swirls over the Pacific off Mexico's coast and is forecast to become a remnant low within 24 hours, the hurricane center said.

Irwin's maximum sustained winds early Thursday were near 40 mph (65 kph). The storm was centered about 190 miles (305 kilometers) west-southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico, and was moving northeast near 13 mph (20 kph).

The depression's forecast track shows it curving away from Mexico in the next few days and then heading farther out over the Pacific.