MEXICO CITY (AP) — Officials in Mexico said Monday that three foreign residents were among at least 45 people killed when Hurricane Otis hit the resort city of Acapulco last week.
Meanwhile, the Navy said the search effort will now focus on finding possible bodies among the 29 boats known to have sunk in Acapulco Bay the night the hurricane hit.
The government reported Sunday that at least 48 people died when Category 5 Hurricane Otis slammed into Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, most of them in Acapulco.
In Acapulco, families held funerals for the dead on Sunday and continued the search for essentials while government workers and volunteers cleared streets clogged with muck and debris left by the hurricane.
“There are many, many people here at the (morgue) that are entire families; families of six, families of four, even eight people,” she said.
Persons:
Hurricane Otis, Adm, José Rafael Ojeda, ” Ojeda, Otis, Coyuca de Benitez, Guerrero state’s, Evelyn Salgado, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Katy Barrera, Barrera’s, ” Barrera, Barrera —, —, ”, “, Kristian Vera
Organizations:
MEXICO CITY, —, Navy, Hurricane, Gov
Locations:
MEXICO, Mexico, Acapulco, England, Acapulco Bay, Pacific, Coyuca, hearses