Frustration with authorities was mounting as they tried to get a handle on the damage to start to respond. Looting was widespread.
Acapulco, Mexico — A day after Hurricane Otis roared ashore in Acapulco, unleashing massive floods and setting off looting, the resort city of nearly 1 million descended into chaos, leaving residents without electricity or internet service as the toll remained uncertain. The early images and accounts were of extensive devastation, toppled trees and power lines lying in brown floodwaters that in some areas extended for miles.
The vital ground link enabled dozens of emergency vehicles, personnel and trucks carrying supplies to reach the battered port.Acapulco's commercial and military airports were still too badly damaged to resume flights.
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