
The tragedy happened off Carmen beach, in the municipality of Solidaridad, in the south-east Mexican state of Quintana Roo.
Victim Paula Cantoral Cordova, 13, was with her school friends Andrea Hernandez Sandoval, 13, who also died, and Maria Eugenia Aceves Pulido, 13, at one of the most popular tourist beaches in Mexico.
As stormy weather started to close in, there was a loud bang and a flash and two of the teenagers were instantly killed.














Comment: Another hurricane record has just been set in the Pacific ocean, with THREE simultaneous Category 4 hurricanes occurring.