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☆ Slow Acapulco Recovery After Hurricane Fans Fears Over Livelihoods
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

Lopez Obrador has launched a $3.4 billion recovery plan and pledged to get Acapulco back on its feet quickly, but local businesses say time is fast running out for this year. "Acapulco lives off just three seasons: December, which is the biggest for us, Easter, and a bit of summer. Business groups have estimated the damage at around $16 billion in Acapulco, which is the biggest city in Guerrero, one of Mexico's poorest states. The hurricane battered Acapulco's airport, and international flights are not due to resume until next year. (Reporting by Troy Merida and Raquel Cunha; Writing by Valentine Hilaire; Editing by Leslie Adler)

Persons: Troy Merida, Raquel Cunha ACAPULCO, Hurricane Otis, Otis, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Lopez Obrador, we're, Jesus Zamora, Roberto Buenfil, Emiliano Zapata, Raquel Cunha, Valentine Hilaire, Leslie Adler Organizations: Security Locations: Acapulco, Guerrero

ACAPULCO, Nov 25 (Reuters) - One month since Hurricane Otis devastated Acapulco, fears for the local economy stalk the Mexican beach resort with businesses saying efforts to repair the damage have been too slow to save a vital part of the tourist season: December. Lopez Obrador has launched a $3.4 billion recovery plan and pledged to get Acapulco back on its feet quickly, but local businesses say time is fast running out for this year. "Acapulco lives off just three seasons: December, which is the biggest for us, Easter, and a bit of summer. "By the December season we won't even have 50% of hotels running, so even if we wanted to have more tourists, we couldn't host them," he added. Business groups have estimated the damage at around $16 billion in Acapulco, which is the biggest city in Guerrero, one of Mexico's poorest states.

Persons: Hurricane Otis, Otis, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Lopez Obrador, we're, Jesus Zamora, Roberto Buenfil, Emiliano Zapata, Troy Merida, Raquel Cunha, Valentine Hilaire, Leslie Adler Organizations: Security, Thomson Locations: ACAPULCO, Acapulco, Guerrero

☆ As Devastated Acapulco Rebuilds, Other Mexico Resorts Urged to Heed Its Lessons
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +5 min

By Cassandra Garrison and Dave GrahamMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Hurricane Otis not only devastated Acapulco, but also exposed fatal weaknesses in ageing infrastructure, teaching hard lessons that coastal cities throughout Mexico must draw on. As Acapulco rebuilds after the deadly Category 5 hurricane, climate experts, architects, engineers and politicians recommended steps Mexico should take. He noted that after the 1985 Mexico City earthquake killed thousands, the capital imposed tougher building standards. While Mexico City must update its standards for structural design every six years, Mexico lets other individual municipalities issue their own construction regulations. After Odile, Baja California's building standards reflected new guidance on areas of weakness identified, such as roofs.

Persons: Cassandra Garrison, Dave Graham MEXICO, Otis, Enrique de la, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Adrian Pozos, Hurricane Odile, Odile, Pozos, Lopez Obrador, David Waggonner, Waggonner, Waggoner, Dave Graham, Daina Beth Solomon, David Gregorio Organizations: Dave Graham MEXICO CITY, Mexican Tourism, National Autonomous University of Mexico, American Society of Civil Engineers Locations: Acapulco, Mexico, Enrique de la Madrid, Oaxaca, Tamaulipas, Guerrero, Baja California, Baja, Puerto Vallarta, Cancun, Miami, New Orleans

☆ Hurricane Otis Leaves Acapulco Sea Turtle Refuge in Ruins
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Diego DelgadoACAPULCO, Mexico (Reuters) - A 35-year-old sea turtle refuge in Acapulco is fighting for its life after the most powerful hurricane on record to strike Mexico's Pacific coast tore it apart last week. Campamento Tortuguero Playa Hermosa (Playa Hermosa Turtle Camp) has since the 1980s been working on Acapulco's beachfront to protect the marine reptiles, collecting their eggs so they can safely nest, hatch and return to the Pacific Ocean. Olive ridley turtles visit the camp in the rainy season, and Vallerino was preparing for the arrival of the brown leatherback turtle in cooler waters when Otis struck. Initially forecast just to become a tropical storm, Otis strengthened with a ferocity that stunned weather experts. "Sea turtles have been around since the time of the dinosaurs and are totally enigmatic animals," she said.

Persons: Diego Delgado, Otis, Monica Vallerino, Michelle Montero, Vallerino's, Olive ridley, Vallerino, Sandra Maler Locations: Diego Delgado ACAPULCO, Mexico, Acapulco, Hermosa

[1/4] People leave with goods from a supermarket that had been broken into in the aftermath of Hurricane Otis, in the outskirts of Acapulco, Mexico, October 26, 2023. Hurricane Otis last week hit Acapulco with winds of 165 miles per hour (266 km per hour), flooding the city, flipping roofs from homes and businesses, submerging vehicles, and severing communications as well as road and air connections. Mexico has sent thousands of armed forces members to keep order and help distribute tons of food and supplies. Acapulco residents are still searching for missing loved ones since the Category 5 hurricane hit with unexpected ferocity, far exceeding meteorologists' initial forecasts. State power utility CFE said on Tuesday morning one in four users in Guerrero hit by Otis was still without power.

Persons: Hurricane Otis, Alexandre Meneghini, Jose Luis Martinez, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Abraham Moises Cano, Cano, Lopez Obrador, Guerrero, Otis, Jose Cortes, Josue, Casssandra Garrison Stefanie Eschenbacher, Dave Graham, Alistair Bell, Jonathan Oatis, Grant McCool Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, National Guard, Senate, Tuesday, Thomson Locations: Hurricane, Acapulco, Mexico, Rights ACAPULCO, del Sol, overpaid, Guerrero, Mexico City

[1/4] People leave with goods from a supermarket that had been broken into in the aftermath of Hurricane Otis, in the outskirts of Acapulco, Mexico, October 26, 2023. Mexico has sent some 17,000 members of the armed forces to keep order and help distribute tons of food and supplies in Acapulco. "The 15 billion (pesos) should go the victims in Acapulco," Lopez Obrador told reporters during a regular press conference, referring to the funds held in the trusts. Mexico has scrambled to send supplies and keep order in Acapulco, where residents are still searching for missing loved ones since the Category 5 hurricane barreled ashore. Lopez Obrador, who has vigorously rebuffed criticism of the government's response to the hurricane, had said he expected electricity to be fully restored in Acapulco by Tuesday.

Persons: Hurricane Otis, Alexandre Meneghini, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Lopez Obrador, Guerrero, Otis, Jose Cortes, Josue, Stefanie Eschenbacher, Dave Graham, Alistair Bell, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Senate, Tuesday, Thomson Locations: Hurricane, Acapulco, Mexico, Rights ACAPULCO, Guerrero

The Category 5 hurricane damaged nearly all of Acapulco's homes, left bodies bobbing along the coastline and much of the city foraging for food. She and hundreds of thousands others lived two hours of terror last week, and now face years of work to repair their already precarious lives. Living in a two-room concrete house with no potable water and unpaved roads, that glamor never reached their doorstep. —Otis intensified within hours from a tropical storm into the strongest hurricane to hit the Eastern Pacific coast, taking many by surprise. García Ramirez and other fishermen pulled the boats onto the city’s Manzanilla Beach when Otis was still a Category 2 storm.

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Looting broke out as the city's population of nearly 900,000 became increasingly desperate for food and water. Evelyn Salgado, governor of Acapulco's home state of Guerrero, said 45 people were confirmed dead and 47 others were missing, citing figures from state prosecutors. On Sunday afternoon, Mexico's federal civil protection authorities said there were 48 dead, consisting of 43 in Acapulco and five in nearby Coyuca de Benitez. [1/5]People walk next to rubble and damaged trees in the aftermath of Hurricane Otis, in Acapulco, Mexico, October 29, 2023. His fiery political broadsides triggered criticism that Lopez Obrador was downplaying the gravity of the disaster.

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☆ Mexico throws troops, aid into Acapulco as hurricane death toll rises
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Josue Decavele | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

ACAPULCO, Mexico, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Mexico's government on Sunday intensified efforts to get the stricken coastal city of Acapulco back on its feet as the toll of dead and missing from a record-breaking hurricane that ravaged the iconic beach resort continued to rise. POLITICAL FALLOUT[1/7]Damaged boats are seen at the Caleta beach in the aftermath of Hurricane Otis, in Acapulco, Mexico, October 29, 2023. Former President Felipe Calderon, a longstanding adversary of Lopez Obrador, accused his administration of trying to exploit the situation by "rebranding" boxes of private aid contributions to Acapulco as "government" donations. Lopez Obrador said he expected electricity to be fully restored in the city by Tuesday. Reporting by Josue Decavele, Jose Cortes and Alexandre Meneghini in Acapulco; Daina Beth Solomon in Mexico City; Editing by Dave Graham, Marguerita Choy and Lisa ShumakerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Hurricane Otis, Otis, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Lopez Obrador, Blanca Estela Morales, Quetzalli, Lopez, Felipe Calderon, Jesus Ramirez, Calderon, Guerrero, Evelyn Salgado, Luis Cresencio Sandoval, Sandoval, Josue Decavele, Jose Cortes, Alexandre Meneghini, Beth Solomon, Dave Graham, Marguerita Choy, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: REUTERS, . Defense, National Guard, Thomson Locations: ACAPULCO, Mexico, Acapulco, Hurricane, Mexican, Mexico's, Guerrero, Mexico City

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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☆ After hurricane, Mexican president urges insurers to hurry payouts
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[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

☆ Hurricane Otis caused 27 confirmed deaths and left 4 missing, Mexican authorities report
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

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

☆ Mexico braces for Category 5 hurricane, risk of 'catastrophic' damage
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Javier Verdin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[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

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