People surveyed widespread destruction in Acapulco, Mexico, after Hurricane Otis slammed into the coast as a Category 5 hurricane.
The storm left at least 27 people dead, officials said.
Photo: Henry Romero/ReutersMEXICO CITY—Mexico’s federal government set up airlift operations to bring medical emergency teams and supplies to Acapulco, and evacuate thousands of tourists stranded in the beach resort amid devastation left by Hurricane Otis.
Otis, the worst storm on record to hit Mexico’s Pacific coast, killed at least 27 people and left Acapulco without running water, electricity and fuel earlier this week.
The Category 5 hurricane cut off land access to the port, ripped up buildings and sparked floods around Acapulco and the coastal community of Coyuca de Benítez.
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