The death toll from Hurricane Otis continues to rise as more bodies are recovered from Acapulco's harbour and under storm debris. President Lopez Obrador accuses opponents of inflating the toll for political gain. Families are still waiting for news of their missing loved ones. The hurricane, which strengthened rapidly, caused devastation with 165mph winds. The number of casualties is expected to increase due to the number of people who were on boats during the storm.
More resources are arriving on Mexico’s battered Pacific coast as the death toll from Hurricane Otis continues to grow as searchers recover more bodies from Acapulco’s harbour and under storm debris.
Ms Vera took turns with four others swimming out with empty jugs for flotation to try to raise their sunken boats from the shallow harbour.Leaning against a small wooden fishing boat like her own, tipped on its side on a beach strewn with rubbish and fallen trees, she explained that some of the people who died were either fishers caring for their boats or yacht captains who were told by their owners that they needed to make sure their boats were safe when Otis was still a tropical storm.
Military personnel and volunteers worked along Acapulco’s main tourist strip. They sliced through fallen palm trees and metal signs. Mobile phone signals were partially recovered near some of the most luxurious hotels, and authorities placed a charging station for people to charge their phones. Aid has been slow to arrive. The storm’s destruction cut off the city of nearly one million people for the first day, and because it intensified so quickly on Tuesday little to nothing had been staged in advance.One military officer, who did not want to give his name, said searchers in his area had found at least six bodies and that his own unit had found one. It was difficult to find bodies because they were often covered in trees and other debris, he said.
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