At least 48 people died, six are missing and dozens were injured when Hurricane Otis passed through Acapulco, Mexico, where extensive property damage was reported, authorities said in a new report.
At least 263 people from 15 countries were also located and transferred from Acapulco, in the state of Guerrero, the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported this Sunday.
The countries of origin of one of the groups are Germany, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Spain, Japan, Peru and Switzerland, while other foreigners come from nations such as Belgium, Costa Rica, Cuba, the United States, France and the United Kingdom. United.
In a video published on Sunday on social networks, the Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, guaranteed that “all economic, tourist and commercial activity will soon be reactivated” in Acapulco, in reaction to the impact of the hurricane that hit the region on Wednesday. . fair.
Since Friday afternoon, around 10,000 members of the army, navy and National Guard have been trying to bring order to a desperate population frustrated by the lack of water and food, in addition to electricity and telecommunications failures, to which fuel shortage.
Otis intensified in less than 12 hours, going from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane, becoming one of the most powerful cyclones in the history of the Pacific Ocean.
Source: TSF
