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Hurricane John Causes Devastation Along Mexico's Pacific Coast

Tropical storm John, now a Category 1 hurricane, causes flooding and landslides in Mexico's southwestern coast, prompting evacuations and emergency responses.

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Mexico sent 25,000 troops to Acapulco after Hurricane Otis. But it hasn't stopped the violence

The Mexican government has sent 25,000 troops to Acapulco after the resort was hit by Hurricane Otis on Oct. 25

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‘The Party of London’: Rio’s favela funk raves look to the world

Naming trend began about five years ago, but these bailes are far more than the ear-shattering raves vilified by the authorities

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Mexico's president predicts full recovery for Acapulco, but resort residents see difficulties

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is ebullient about the recovery of Acapulco after Hurricane Otis smashed into the resort on Oct. 25, killing 52 people

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Acapulco's Cliff Divers Are Back After Deadly Hurricane Otis

As cliff-diving returned this month, the tourism industry has hoped for a much-needed rebound, but it has been slow to take off.

Latin Times

Acapulco's Cliff Divers Are Back After Deadly Hurricane

With few tourists watching the daring feat, Abraham Estrada dives off La Quebrada, an emblematic Acapulco cliff where the spectacle has resumed but struggles to attract visitors after the Mexican resort was hammered by Hurricane Otis.

International Business Times

A tale of two cities: a month after Hurricane Otis, Acapulco exposes gaps in disaster response

Tourist areas in the Mexican resort city are slowly coming back to life but in poorer neighbourhoods many people lack food and power, and face the threat of disease

The Guardian - UK

Acapulco races to restart its tourism engine after Hurricane Otis devastates its hotels, restaurants

Three weeks after Hurricane Otis smacked Acapulco, businesses of all types and sizes hum with activity as residents work with a singular purpose: restart as soon as possible the tourism engine of this city of 1 million people

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A missing sailor's last message from Hurricane Otis was to ask his family to pray for him

When Hurricane Otis roared into Acapulco Bay on Oct 25 with 165 mph winds, sailor Ruben Torres recorded a 10-second audio message from a yacht called the Sereno

The Independent UK

Acapulco recovery moves ahead in fits and starts after Hurricane Otis devastation

More than two weeks ago Otis went from tropical storm to Category 5 hurricane in a record 12 hours

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Mexico's hurricane reconstruction plans prioritize military barracks, owners left to rebuild hotels

Mexico's government has laid out hurricane reconstruction plans for the resort of Acapulco that seem to give as much priority to building military barracks as re-opening hotels

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‘The children screamed for hours’: horrors of Hurricane Otis leave devastation for Acapulco’s poorest

Mexico’s Pacific coast was battered by 165mph winds and torrential rain on 25 October. Thousands lost their homes and many now have too little food or water to survive

The Independent UK

Mexico to give interest subsidies, but no loans, to Acapulco hotels destroyed by Hurricane Otis

The Mexican government says it will pay half of interest rates on bank loans to rebuild the 377 hotels destroyed or heavily damaged by Hurricane Otis

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Two hours of terror and now years of devastation for Acapulco's poor in Hurricane Otis aftermath

Hurricane Otis shredded Acapulco, Mexico, last week and tore apart the lives of hundreds of thousands of people

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3 foreigners confirmed among 45 dead from Hurricane Otis in Mexico, as search for bodies continues

Officials in Mexico say three foreign residents were among at least 45 people who perished when Hurricane Otis hit the resort of Acapulco last week

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Extreme weather is outpacing even the worst-case scenarios of our forecasting models

In the wake of the destructive Hurricane Otis, we find ourselves at a pivotal moment in the history of weather forecasting. The hurricane roared ashore with 165mph winds and torrential rainfall, slamming into the coastal city of Acapulco, Mexico and claiming the lives of at least 48 people.

The Independent UK

Hurricane Otis’s death toll rises to 39

More resources are arriving on Mexico’s battered Pacific coast and the death toll from Hurricane Otis is growing as more bodies are recovered from Acapulco’s harbor and under fallen trees and other storm debris

WEKU

3 foreigners confirmed among the dozens dead from Hurricane Otis in Mexico

Those confirmed dead included one American, one Canadian and one person from England, all of whom had been living in Acapulco for some time and were not considered tourists, local prosecutors said.

France 24

Hurricane Otis death toll surpasses 30 as more aid reaches Acapulco

More resources are arriving on Mexico's battered Pacific coast, and the death toll from Hurricane Otis is growing as searchers recover more bodies from Acapulco's harbor and under fallen trees and other storm debris.

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More help arrives in Acapulco, and hurricane's death toll rises to 39 as searchers comb debris

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Acapulco residents are fending for themselves in absence of aid

In the absence of government aid, Acapulco’s desperate residents have cleaned out the city’s largest stores in three days

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