ACAPULCO, Mexico — The number of people dead and missing due to Hurricane Otis, a Category 5 storm which hammered the Mexican Pacific resort city of Acapulco last week, has risen to nearly 10…
Hurricane Otis leaves 27 dead, survivors scrambling: ‘Acapulco has been destroyed’Hurricane Otis weakens to Category 4 storm while flash floods batter southern Mexicowhich hammered the Mexican Pacific resort city of Acapulco last week, has risen to nearly 100, authorities in the state of Guerrero said on Monday.
On Sunday afternoon, Mexico’s federal civil protection authorities said there were 48 dead, consisting of 43 in Acapulco and five in nearby Coyuca de Benitez.Fishermen and workers on tourism yachts gathered at Acapulco’s Playa Honda on Sunday afternoon to look for missing colleagues and friends, worried officials were not doing enough.A man walks through rubble and mud, in the aftermath of Hurricane Otis, in the Progreso neighbourhood in Acapulco, Mexico on Monday.
On a nearby street, Perla Rubi said the long wait was uncomfortable, given how desperate people were.
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