The Mexican federal government declared a state of emergency to facilitate the work of rescue teams and provide funds to assist the population and initiate necessary reconstruction projects.
Restoration of water supply and telecommunications services while 50% of the population is still without electricity after the passage of Hurricane Otis, which transformed from a tropical storm into a category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale in a few hours, with an increase that surprised experts on Wednesday.
Acapulco was destroyed by Hurricane Otis
In the images broadcast on national and international television, deserted streets, trees and electric poles were destroyed, buildings were heavily damaged, and their doors and windows were unusable. The death toll increases with each passing hour as bodies are found buried under the roofs of small houses or the walls of collapsed buildings.
Basic needs and foodstuffs have difficulty reaching the city due to difficulties in the main communication routes, so the population buys everything they can from supermarkets and abandoned shops. Mexican Security Minister Rosa Icela Rodríguez reported that Otis’s impact caused serious impacts on road infrastructure, power lines, communications, hospitals and the seismic warning system. While 70 percent of hotels in all categories, including ultra-luxury hotels, are damaged, tens of thousands of tourists staying in the seaside resort are leaving the region with trucks allocated by the central authorities.
Source: Today IT
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