Otis, a Category 5 storm, hammered the Pacific resort city of Acapulco last week.
ACAPULCO: The number of people dead and missing due to Hurricane Otis, a Category 5 storm which hammered the Mexican Pacific resort city of Acapulco last week, has risen to close to 100, authorities in the state of Guerrero said today.
Looting broke out as the city’s population of nearly 900,000 became increasingly desperate for food and water. The cost of damage from the hurricane could climb as high as US$15 billion according to estimates, and Mexico has sent some 17,000 members of the armed forces to keep order and help distribute tonnes of food and supplies in Acapulco.A line of some 150 people waiting for water provided by a local authority snaked down muddy streets in the La Frontera neighbourhood yesterday afternoon, as residents holding empty water containers bemoaned the hours-long wait.“We’re so many.
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