The airlines were transporting people with prior reservations first. Aeromexico was charging $115 and Interjet $77 for new tickets.
“We’re deciding whether we return by plane or wait for the road to open, but the problem is food,” said Andres Guerra Gutierrez, a Mexico City resident who arrived by car with 14 family members last Friday.
“It was a weather phenomenon, but they should have warned us that a storm was coming, so we could at least buy food,” he said.
The first military flight carrying aid landed late Monday.
More than half the city was flooded, officials said. Some residents traveled on jetskis while federal police said helicopters rescued some 200 people from rooftops.
Osorio Chong said the weather systems affected 254 towns nationwide, forced 39,000 people to evacuate, caused 100 rivers to overflow and killed at least 47 people.
It was the first time since 1958 that two tropical storms hit Mexico within 24 hours.
Manuel struck the Pacific coast on Sunday while Ingrid weakened from hurricane to tropical storm strength as it made landfall on the northeastern coast on Monday.
Valentin Mario Calderon, who was staying in Acapulco’s Mayan Palace Hotel with his wife and three nephews, secured a flight leaving Tuesday.
“The deluge came Sunday. We thought a tsunami was coming, and we put our faith in God,” Calderon said.
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