 A quarter of the homes in Cihuatlán , Jalisco , were totally destroyed , leaving many homeless . In Manzanillo , Colima , 40 percent of all homes were destroyed , and four ships in the harbor were sunk . Large portions of Colima and Jalisco were isolated by flooding . Hundreds of people were stranded . Minatitlán , Colima , suffered especially , as 800 people out of its population of 1000 were dead or missing , according to a message sent to President Adolfo López Mateos . In Colima , all coconut plantations were blown down and thousands of people were left out of work . That state 's economy was damaged enough that officials thought it would take years to recover . 
