Hurricane Otis leaves at least 27 dead in Acapulco

The Category 5 storm largely cut off communications and road links with the region.

ACAPULCO: Hurricane Otis killed at least 27 people as it lashed Mexico’s beach resort city of Acapulco as a scale-topping Category 5 storm, officials said today, in what residents called a “total disaster”.

The closures meant some residents slogged for hours through mud and debris in an attempt to find food and shelter. Security minister Rosa Icela Rodriguez told a news conference today that 27 people were dead and four were missing.A convoy carrying humanitarian aid set off to try to reach Acapulco – home to about 780,000 people – by land since the airport was closed, authorities said.

Videos posted on social media showed severely damaged hotels and other buildings, including many shattered windows.Toppled trees were seen in the debris-strewn streets and a shopping mall appeared to have suffered major structural damage in Acapulco, located in the southern state of Guerrero.Hurricanes hit Mexico every year on both its Pacific and Atlantic coasts, usually between May and November, though few make landfall as a Category 5.

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