This photo taken on Oct. 25, 2023 shows an area hit by Hurricane Otis in Acapulco, state of Guerrero, Mexico. The death toll from Hurricane Otis has risen to 39 in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, with 10 people reported missing, the Mexican government said Saturday.(Photo by Jesus Espinosa/Xinhua)
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from Hurricane Otis has risen to 39 in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, with 10 people reported missing, the Mexican government said Saturday.
Some 80 percent of hotel infrastructure is estimated to have been damaged and essential services were cut off. Electricity has been restored to about 55 percent of customers, said the Federal Electricity Commission.
Otis struck Guerrero's coast on Wednesday as a category 5 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale, leaving catastrophic damage in its wake mainly in the popular tourist resort of Acapulco.
"We are going to help all the people of Acapulco, everyone impacted, and we are going to put Acapulco back on its feet. That is my pledge," Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said. ■
This photo taken on Oct. 27, 2023 shows a coastal area hit by Hurricane Otis in Acapulco, state of Guerrero, Mexico.
The death toll from Hurricane Otis has risen to 39 in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, with 10 people reported missing, the Mexican government said Saturday.
Otis struck Guerrero's coast on Wednesday as a category 5 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale, leaving catastrophic damage in its wake mainly in the popular tourist resort of Acapulco. (Photo by Jesus Espinosa/Xinhua)
This photo taken on Oct. 25, 2023 shows vessels hit by Hurricane Otis in Acapulco, state of Guerrero, Mexico.
The death toll from Hurricane Otis has risen to 39 in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, with 10 people reported missing, the Mexican government said Saturday.
Otis struck Guerrero's coast on Wednesday as a category 5 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale, leaving catastrophic damage in its wake mainly in the popular tourist resort of Acapulco. (Photo by Jesus Espinosa/Xinhua)
This photo taken on Oct. 25, 2023 shows an area hit by Hurricane Otis in Acapulco, state of Guerrero, Mexico.
The death toll from Hurricane Otis has risen to 39 in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, with 10 people reported missing, the Mexican government said Saturday.
Otis struck Guerrero's coast on Wednesday as a category 5 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale, leaving catastrophic damage in its wake mainly in the popular tourist resort of Acapulco. (Photo by Jesus Espinosa/Xinhua)
This photo taken on Oct. 26, 2023 shows buildings damaged by Hurricane Otis in Acapulco, state of Guerrero, Mexico.
The death toll from Hurricane Otis has risen to 39 in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, with 10 people reported missing, the Mexican government said Saturday.
Otis struck Guerrero's coast on Wednesday as a category 5 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale, leaving catastrophic damage in its wake mainly in the popular tourist resort of Acapulco. (Photo by Jesus Espinosa/Xinhua)
This photo taken on Oct. 26, 2023 shows an area hit by Hurricane Otis in Acapulco, state of Guerrero, Mexico.
The death toll from Hurricane Otis has risen to 39 in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, with 10 people reported missing, the Mexican government said Saturday.
Otis struck Guerrero's coast on Wednesday as a category 5 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale, leaving catastrophic damage in its wake mainly in the popular tourist resort of Acapulco. (Photo by Jesus Espinosa/Xinhua)
This photo taken on Oct. 27, 2023 shows a coastal area hit by Hurricane Otis in Acapulco, state of Guerrero, Mexico.
The death toll from Hurricane Otis has risen to 39 in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, with 10 people reported missing, the Mexican government said Saturday.
Otis struck Guerrero's coast on Wednesday as a category 5 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale, leaving catastrophic damage in its wake mainly in the popular tourist resort of Acapulco. (Photo by Jesus Espinosa/Xinhua)
