The President Andrés Manuel López Obrador He denied that he was not informed in a timely manner about the force of the attack Hurricane Otis that hit the shores of Guerreiro, and attributed the extent of the damage to the unpredictability of the phenomenon.
“They reported all the time, but they couldn’t imagine that it would be much stronger than they thought,” he explained during his morning press conference at the National Palace on Friday.
The President stated that the National Hurricane Center had issued warnings about the intensity of the hurricane when it had not yet reached its maximum intensity.
He said it was only that evening that it was announced that it would reach Category 5 and hit Acapulco directly, as a phenomenon of that magnitude was not expected. This ultimately hampered his ability to act, he admitted.
“Ask the hurricane control centers if it was not an extraordinary phenomenon and ask them to explain how the hurricane spread so quickly,” he emphasized.
Therefore, AMLO attributed the impact of the phenomenon to its unpredictability and ruled out that this was due to a lack of information.
“I think we were lucky, nature, the creator, protected us despite the force of the hurricane,” he said.
AMLO acknowledged that “many important years” had been recorded, but stated that “fortunately” “many losses of life” had not been recorded.
“While the loss of one person is unfortunate, given such a strong phenomenon, such a shocking Category 5 hurricane, it wasn’t that many,” he noted.
In less than 24 hours, Otis went from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane, the strongest of these natural phenomena, and advanced towards the coast of Guerrero, where it struck densely populated areas, alarming municipal authorities at the state and federal level .
At least 27 people died and 4 disappeared after the phenomenon occurred. There is also damage to glass and facades of squares and business premises. 80% of hotels in the port of Acapulco were also affected.
AMLO assured that his government had the situation in Guerrero, hit by Hurricane Otis, under control and denied that a curfew was necessary.
He also explained that Sedena and Semar were on site to treat the damage and victims.
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Source: La Neta Neta
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