There seemed to be widespread frustration with authorities. The once-sleek beachfront hotels in Acapulco looked like toothless, shattered hulks after the Category 5 storm blew out hundreds - possibly thousands - of windows. Many residents were taking basic items from stores to survive in the wake of the storm. The resulting destruction delayed a comprehensive response by the government, which was still assessing the damage along the coast, and made residents desperate. The early images and accounts were of extensive devastation, toppled trees and power lines lying in brown floodwaters that in some areas extended for miles. Three Navy personnel were among the missing. López Obrador shared details of one fatality, saying one soldier was killed when a wall of his home collapsed on him. Small farmers had their corn crops devastated by Otis’ wind and pounding rain but the deaths are “what hurts the most,” he said. “The people sheltered, protected themselves and that’s why fortunately there weren’t more tragedies, loss of human life,” López Obrador said.Īcapulco’s municipal water system was down and López Obrador, who made it into Acapulco late Wednesday with many of his top officials, said that restoring power was a top priority. With tens of thousands of residents in damaged homes without power, the toll could rise. Otis turned from mild to monster in record time, and scientists are struggling to figure out how - and why they didn’t see it coming. He said Otis had toppled every power-line pole in the zone where it hit on Wednesday, leaving much of the city of 1 million without electricity. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador went by road after the hurricane hit the iconic city on Mexico’s Pacific coast, where at least four people remained missing. Otis’ stunning transformation into a monster hurricane killed at least 27 people as it devastated Acapulco, officials said Thursday.
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