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ACAPULCO, Mexico, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Looting ravaged the Mexican city of Acapulco after the iconic beach resort was hammered this week by Hurricane Otis, a record-breaking storm that killed at least 27 people and left thousands of residents struggling to get food and water. [1/5]People walk among rubble in the aftermath of Hurricane Otis, in Acapulco, Mexico, October 27, 2023. 'WE WERE LUCKY'Mexican authorities said Otis was the most powerful storm ever to strike Mexico's Pacific coast. To evacuate tourists, an air bridge between Acapulco and Mexico City was being set up on Friday after authorities got the city's battered airport back up and running. Lopez Obrador urged insurance companies to speed up payouts.
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[1/2] Hospital worker Jesus Rojas fixes his damaged house in the aftermath of Hurricane Otis in Acapulco, Mexico, October 27, 2023. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsMEXICO CITY, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday urged insurance companies to speed up payouts after powerful Hurricane Otis wreaked havoc on Acapulco's beach resorts and surrounding impoverished communities. The storm intensified with unexpected speed just prior to making landfall on Wednesday, becoming the most powerful storm to ever strike Mexico's Pacific coast. In Acapulco, Otis claimed at least 27 lives according to the local governor's tally issued on Thursday, which has not been updated. The investment manager calculated "a high probability" Mexico will get half of the bond's $125-million payment earmarked towards Pacific hurricanes.
Persons: Jesus Rojas, Alexandre Meneghini, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Otis, Lopez Obrador, CoreLogic, Bond, Stefanie Eschenbacher, David Alire Garcia, Rod Nickel Organizations: REUTERS, MEXICO CITY, Hurricane, Investments, Pacific, World Bank, Thomson Locations: Hurricane, Acapulco, Mexico, MEXICO
Looting broke out in the Mexican city of Acapulco after the popular beach resort was battered by record-breaking Hurricane Otis, which killed 27 people and left residents grappling with shortages of food and water. ACAPULCO, MEXICO
Persons: Otis Locations: Mexican, Acapulco, ACAPULCO, MEXICO
MEXICO CITY—Hurricane Otis, the most powerful hurricane to hit Mexico’s Pacific coast, left at least 27 people dead and four missing in the popular beach resort of Acapulco amid widespread flooding and devastation, officials said Thursday. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said his government deployed hundreds of soldiers, medical teams and rescue teams as authorities began to assess the extensive damage inflicted by Otis in the Pacific port. Three of those missing are navy members, he said.
Persons: Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Otis Organizations: MEXICO CITY, Hurricane Locations: MEXICO, Acapulco, Pacific
Mexican officials have been working since Wednesday to restore communication and power to the states of Guerrero and Oaxaca after Otis, which made landfall as a Category 5 hurricane, cut off power for more than half a million residents, battered hotels and ripped the roofs from buildings. Authorities were particularly concerned about Acapulco, a Pacific Coast port city of more than 852,000 people that was in the direct path of Otis. The city, in Guerrero State, was hosting an international mining industry convention when the storm hit; additionally, many hotels were packed with tourists. People stuck there posted videos on social media showing ravaged hotel rooms, doors ripped from hinges and collapsed ceilings. With the region effectively cut off from the outside world, the extent of possible injuries and deaths was still unclear.
Persons: Otis Organizations: Otis Locations: Mexico, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Acapulco, Pacific Coast, Guerrero State
Rodrigo Oropeza | Afp | Getty ImagesMexican authorities on Thursday gave the first human toll for Hurricane Otis' destruction along the country's Pacific coast: at least 27 dead and four missing. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said at his morning news briefing that the deaths occurred around Acapulco, but provided few details. "We regret the 27 dead," López Obrador said. "The people sheltered, protected themselves and that's why fortunately there weren't more tragedies, loss of human life," López Obrador said. López Obrador shared details of only one death: He said one soldier was among the dead after a wall of his home collapsed on him.
Persons: Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Hurricane Otis, Rodrigo Oropeza, Otis, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, López Obrador, Jakob Sauczuk, Sauczuk, Pablo Navarro, Navarro, Isabel de la Cruz Organizations: Afp, Getty Images, Hurricane, Getty, National Guard, Mexico City Locations: Acapulco, Guerrero State, Mexico, Hurricane, Chilpancingo
The outages have significantly limited authorities’ ability to survey or share the magnitude of Otis’ impact. Otis rapidly intensified from a tropical storm to an extremely dangerous Category 5 hurricane – the area’s strongest storm on record – in just 12 hours. Residents survey damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Otis in Xaltianguis, Guerrero state, Mexico. The storm’s heavy rains are forecast to continue impacting the region through Thursday, possibly triggering flash flooding and mudslides, the National Hurricane Center said. Residents survey damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Otis in Xaltianguis, Guerrero state, Mexico.
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MEXICO CITY, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Mexican soldiers and rescue workers on Thursday scrambled to clear up the chaos and devastation wrought by Hurricane Otis in Acapulco as the government worked to bring relief to the battered southern beach resort. Nearly 8,400 members of Mexico's army, air force and national guard were deployed in and near Acapulco to assist in cleanup efforts, the defense ministry said. [1/5]People stand near street stalls damaged by Hurricane Otis near the entrance to Acapulco, in the Mexican state of Guerrero, Mexico, October 25. Mexico's state power utility CFE had over 1,300 employees working to restore power, it said on Wednesday evening, when some 300,000 people remained without electricity. "Now a Category 5 hurricane in Acapulco takes us by surprise," Jimenez Pons said.
Persons: Hurricane, Otis, Evelyn Salgado, Hurricane Otis, Henry Romero, Rogelio Jimenez Pons, Jimenez Pons, Brendan O'Boyle, Lizbeth Diaz, Kylie Madry, Miral Organizations: MEXICO CITY, REUTERS, Management Solutions, CFE, Mexico City, Thomson Locations: MEXICO, Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexican, Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican soldiers and rescue workers on Thursday scrambled to clear up the chaos and devastation wrought by Hurricane Otis in Acapulco as the government worked to bring relief to the battered southern beach resort. Mexico's state power utility CFE had over 1,300 employees working to restore power, it said on Wednesday evening, when some 300,000 people remained without electricity. The port city's international airport was closed, after Otis wrecked the control tower, cut telecommunications, and left access roads blocked. "Now a Category 5 hurricane in Acapulco takes us by surprise," Jimenez Pons said. (Reporting by Brendan O'Boyle, Lizbeth Diaz and Kylie Madry; Writing by Brendan O'Boyle; Editing by Miral Fahmy)
Persons: Hurricane, Otis, Evelyn Salgado, Rogelio Jimenez Pons, Jimenez Pons, Brendan O'Boyle, Lizbeth Diaz, Kylie Madry, Miral Fahmy Organizations: MEXICO CITY, Management Solutions, CFE, Mexico City Locations: MEXICO, Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico
Hurricane Otis slams Mexico's Acapulco
  + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: 1 min
Hurricane Otis, one of the strongest storms ever to hit Mexico's Pacific Coast, roared into the beach resort of Acapulco early on Wednesday, smashing buildings and vital infrastructure and leaving the city incommunicado and without power. ACAPULCO, MEXICO
Persons: Otis Locations: Coast, Acapulco, ACAPULCO, MEXICO
MEXICO CITY—Hurricane Otis slammed into Mexico’s Pacific port and popular beach resort of Acapulco as a powerful Category 5 storm, leaving in its wake widespread flooding and devastation. The most powerful hurricane to hit Mexico’s Pacific coast since 2015 ripped into buildings, tore off roofs and disrupted communications. Much of Acapulco was without electricity, telephone and internet service Wednesday.
Persons: Hurricane Otis Organizations: MEXICO CITY, Hurricane, Mexico’s Locations: MEXICO, Acapulco
Hurricane Otis hit near the beach-resort destination of Acapulco that is popular with tourists. It was later downgraded to a Category 4 storm. Authorities warned of a “potentially catastrophic storm surge.” Photo: Javier Verdin/ReutersMEXICO CITY—Hurricane Otis rammed into Mexico’s Pacific port and popular beach resort of Acapulco as a powerful Category 5 storm, ripping into buildings, causing heavy flooding, disrupting communications and knocking out power early on Wednesday. The hurricane, which intensified from tropical-storm strength to a major hurricane within just 12 hours Tuesday, made landfall in the early hours of Wednesday with maximum sustained winds of around 165 miles an hour, the National Hurricane Center said.
Persons: Otis, Javier Verdin, Hurricane Otis Organizations: Reuters, Reuters MEXICO CITY, Hurricane, National Hurricane Center Locations: Acapulco, Reuters MEXICO
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Otis made landfall near the resort city of Acapulco on the southern Pacific Coast of Mexico as a Category 5 hurricane, bringing record winds and rainfall that could create a “nightmare scenario” of flooding and mudslides, forecasters said early Wednesday. Hurricane Otis’s maximum sustained winds had grown to 165 miles per hour with stronger gusts at about 12:25 a.m. local time, when it made landfall, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm formed in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday, became a Category 1 hurricane midday Tuesday and “explosively intensified” in a matter of hours, becoming the strongest storm ever to hit this part of Mexico, forecasters said. Otis threatens a coast dotted with fishing villages and beach resorts as they gear up for their peak winter season. Along its path lies Acapulco, a large port city and a popular tourist destination home to more than 852,000 people, according to the Mexican government.
Persons: Otis, Organizations: National Hurricane Center Locations: Acapulco, Pacific Coast, Mexico
Before the storm made landfall, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico had urged residents in Guerrero to brace for the storm. “Agree to move to shelters, stay in safe places: away from rivers, streams, ravines, and be alert,” he said on Tuesday. It also recommended that Acapulco residents take shelter, avoid crossing streams and flooded streets, and stay away from areas prone to landslides. The rainfall could cause flash and urban flooding, as well as mudslides in the mountainous areas, forecasters said. “There are no hurricanes on record even close to this intensity for this part of Mexico,” the hurricane center added.
Persons: Andrés Manuel López Obrador, , Otis, Hurricane Patricia Organizations: of, Protection Locations: Mexico, Guerrero, Acapulco, Tecpán, Oaxaca, Pacific Coast
On Tuesday morning, few meteorologists were talking about Tropical Storm Otis. At that time, forecast computer models didn’t show much to be concerned about. By Sunday evening, the computer forecast models were still not showing much. This is why meteorologists often preach that a computer model isn’t a forecast — forecasters create forecasts, they like to say. On Monday evening, with Otis still a tropical storm, satellite images revealed a little feature that could mean that the storm was about to intensify very quickly.
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The hurricane was expected to weaken quickly in Guerrero state’s steep mountains. Otis had strengthened rapidly, going from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane in 12 hours Tuesday. Otis’ arrival came just days after Hurricane Norma struck the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula to the north. Acapulco is a city of more than 1 million people at the foot of steep mountains. The storm was expected to become a powerful extratropical cyclone by Thursday, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center.
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[1/4] Members of the federal forces chat as they keep watch at a beach as Hurricane Otis barrels towards Acapulco, Mexico, October 24, 2023. REUTERS/Javier Verdin Acquire Licensing RightsACAPULCO, Mexico, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Mexico's southern coast braced for Hurricane Otis on Wednesday as the Category 5 storm made landfall near the beach resorts of Acapulco, with the potential to cause "catastrophic damage," the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. The hurricane reached land near Acapulco, bringing maximum sustained winds around 165 mph (270 kmh) and heavy rain, the center said. In Guerrero, authorities were preparing storm shelters and the national guard said it was helping to prepare for rescues and evacuations. Reporting by Javier Verdin in Acapulco and Brendan O'Boyle in Mexico City; writing by Brendan O'Boyle; editing by Robert Birsel and Bernadette BaumOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons: Hurricane Otis, Javier Verdin, CONAGUA, Otis, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Evelyn Salgado, Brendan O'Boyle, Robert Birsel, Bernadette Baum Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, U.S, National Hurricane Center, Guerrero, Thomson Locations: Hurricane, Acapulco, Mexico, Rights ACAPULCO, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Miami, Mexico City
People stand on the beach after Hurricane Otis' arrival alert in Acapulco, Guerrero state, Mexico on October 24, 2023. Hurricane Otis slammed into Mexico's southern Pacific coast as a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane early Wednesday, bringing dangerous winds and heavy rain to Acapulco and surrounding towns, stirring memories of a 1997 storm that killed dozens of people. The center of Otis is expected to move farther inland over southern Mexico through Wednesday night. Otis is stronger than Hurricane Pauline that hit Acapulco in 1997, López said. Otis' arrival came just days after Hurricane Norma struck the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula to the north.
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Hurricane Otis interrupted tropical vacations for some visitors and put a stop to a mining convention in Acapulco, Mexico, as the storm bore down on the city early Wednesday. Among the travelers affected was David Hall, 34, who had arrived on Tuesday from Colima, a city about 300 miles northwest of Acapulco. Mr. Hall works in sales and was in Acapulco for the mining convention. “The wind was so strong, it was so much noise,” Mr. Hall said in an interview. The wind was really, really fast.”He compared the swaying of the hotel where he was staying, the Princess Mundo Imperial, to a “small earthquake,” adding, “It’s a very apocalyptic picture here.”
Persons: Otis, David Hall, “ It’s, , Hall, Princess Organizations: Mr, Hall, Princess Mundo Locations: Acapulco, Mexico, Colima
[1/3] People walk along a beach as Hurricane Otis barrels towards Acapulco, Mexico, October 24, 2023. REUTERS/Javier Verdin Acquire Licensing RightsACAPULCO, Mexico, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Hurricane Otis barreled toward Mexico's beach resort of Acapulco as a Category 5 storm on Tuesday and was poised to make landfall on its Pacific coast early on Wednesday. By 9 p.m. time (0300 GMT on Wednesday) Otis was about 55 miles south-southeast of Acapulco, the Miami-based NHC added. Over the weekend, Hurricane Norma killed at least three people as it passed along the northwest coast of Mexico. Days before, the powerful Hurricane Lidia left one person dead and several injured after battering Mexico's Pacific coast.
Persons: Hurricane Otis, Javier Verdin, Otis, Evelyn Salgado, Norma, Hurricane Lidia, Brendan O'Boyle, Diego Ore, Natalia Siniawski, Alison Williams, Sandra Maler Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, U.S, National Hurricane Center, Punta Maldonado, NHC, Guerrero, Thomson Locations: Hurricane, Acapulco, Mexico, Rights ACAPULCO, Miami, Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Oaxaca
CNN —Hurricane Otis is expected to make landfall Wednesday morning as a Category 5 storm near Acapulco in Mexico, threatening to lash the coastal region with destructive winds, heavy rainfall and potentially “catastrophic storm surge,” forecasters say. Landfall is expected by early Wednesday near or just west of the city, a beach resort town on Mexico’s Pacific coast, the hurricane center said. The heavy rainfall could lead to flash and urban flooding as well as mudslides in higher terrain areas, the hurricane center warned. If Otis makes landfall as a Category 5 hurricane, it would be the first Category 5 landfall for the East Pacific, according to the NOAA Hurricane Database. The previous strongest landfall was Hurricane Patricia in 2015, which made landfall as a Category 4 Hurricane with winds of 150 mph.
Persons: Hurricane Otis, Otis, cnnweather Otis ’, Phil Klotzbach, Patricia Organizations: CNN, Hurricane, Punta Maldonado, Colorado State University, East, NOAA, Otis Locations: Acapulco, Mexico, Punta, Zihuatanejo, Lagunas, Puerto Vallarta, Manzanillo
Brazen ambush leaves at least 13 local police dead in Mexico
  + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
[1/4] Forensic technicians work at a crime scene where several local police officers were shot dead by gunmen, in Coyuca de Benitez, Mexico October 23, 2023. Among the dead is the local security chief for the town of Coyuca de Benitez, the source said, speaking on condition of anonymity. The Coyuca de Benitez area is known for the presence of organized crime. Prior to the ambush, the agents were sent to respond to a report of alleged firearm detonations in the area, the source said. Reporting by Lizbeth Diaz; Writing by Isabel Woodford; Editing by David Alire Garcia and Sonali PaulOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons: Coyuca de Benitez, Javier Verdin, de, Lizbeth Diaz, Isabel Woodford, David Alire Garcia, Sonali Paul Organizations: REUTERS, MEXICO CITY, National Guard, Thomson Locations: Coyuca, Mexico, MEXICO, Mexico's Guerrero, Acapulco, de Benitez, Guerrero
Map highlighting the city of Iguala in the Mexican state of Guerrero where college students on a bus trip to Mexico City were kidnapped, and many killed. Also located is the nearby city of Cocula where remains of some of the students were found, as well as Chilpancingo, the capital of Guerrero. 100 miles Mexico City MEXICO Iguala Cocula GUERRERO Chilpancingo Pacific Ocean Acapulco U.S. Gulf of Mexico MEXICO Pacific Ocean Detail area 400 miles
Persons: Cocula GUERRERO Organizations: Mexico City Locations: Iguala, Mexican, Guerrero, Mexico, Cocula, Mexico City MEXICO, Acapulco, Gulf of Mexico MEXICO
Ace king Isner says he will retire after U.S. Open
  + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Isner, 38, turned pro in 2007 and reached a career high of world number eight. He won 16 singles titles, the biggest being the Miami Open crown in 2018, his most successful season. "After 17+ years on the ⁦@atptour, it's time to say goodbye to professional tennis," Isner said on social media site X, formerly known as Twitter. He came out on the winning side of the longest pro tennis match in history, which lasted 11 hours and 5 minutes and took place over three days at Wimbledon in 2010. After 183 games in that match, Isner defeated qualifier Nicolas Mahut in the first round.
Persons: John Isner, Taylor Fritz, Henry Romero, Isner, Madison, Nicolas Mahut, Rory Carroll, Sonali Paul Organizations: U.S, REUTERS, ATP, Miami, Wimbledon, Isner, England, Thomson Locations: Acapulco, Mexico, North Carolina, Los Angeles
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