The early images and accounts were of extensive devastation in Acapulco, toppled trees and power lines lying in floodwaters.
Otis roared ashore in Acapulco early Wednesday, unleashing massive floods as the resort city of nearly 1 million descended into chaos.ACAPULCO, Guerrero — Survivors of a Category 5 storm that killed at least 27 people as it devastated Mexico’s resort city of Acapulco spent Thursday searching for acquaintances and necessities and hoping that aid would come quickly in the wake of Hurricane Otis.
Even as army bulldozers began clearing knee-deep mud from Acapulco’s main boulevards, Contreras' pleas did not appear to move any of the soldiers to action.'s Pacific coast. At least four people remained missing. It was unclear if the 3-year-old girl was counted among them. As cell phone signals began to return to some parts of the city, residents organized themselves with the help of friends and relatives living in other parts of Mexico and the United States. They joined together by neighborhood using online messaging platforms like WhatsApp. On Thursday there were some 1,000 people in 40 chats, which only continued to grow in number throughout the day.
The surreal was commonplace in the storm-wrecked city, as residents emptied the area's stores of goods.
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