In a large church displaying a big blue cross near the Acapulco beachfront, dozens of people dozed in sleeping bags along the pews, prayed in silence or anxiously discussed their next move. As of Monday morning, 45 people were confirmed dead and 47 were missing, according to the Mexican government’s preliminary numbers. One woman wanted to know whether more water jugs were arriving soon. A man who traveled from Mexico City thanked Mr. Sánchez for finding his missing relatives. An incomplete list put together by local authorities identified 1,656 displaced people set up in hotels, schools and sports complexes.

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Persons: Víctor Hugo Sánchez attentively, Sánchez, sobbed, ” Organizations: Mexico City Locations: Acapulco, Mexico, Guerrero