“Acapulco is unrecognizable,” Quintera added as he gestured towards the ruins of a series of seaside bars and cafes, their (palm-thatch roofs) caved in atop jumbles of white plastic tables and chairs.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-11-13/acapulco-fabled-beach-town-a-wreck-in-aftermath-of-otis

And it hit Acapulco head-on, picking up intensity over warm offshore waters with stunning velocity — wind speeds increasing by 115 miles an hour during a 24-hour period.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-11-13/acapulco-fabled-beach-town-a-wreck-in-aftermath-of-otis

A woman holds a bay next to some looted goods after Hurricane Otis ripped through Acapulco, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/10/26/hurricane-otis-caused-27-confirmed-deaths-and-left-4-missing-mexican-authorities-report/

Debris litters a beach on Thursday, a day after Hurricane Otis ripped through Acapulco, Mexico, as a Category 5 storm.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12680127/Mass-looting-Acapulco-Hurricane-Otis.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Divers searching sunken boats in Acapulco this month.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/18/world/americas/hurricane-otis-mexico-acapulco.html

FILE: Members of the Mexican National Guard stand guard the beach area where a man was killed in Acapulco, state of Guerrero, Mexico, on December 5, 2022.

Source: https://1010wcsi.com/fox-world/mexican-authorities-find-5-dismembered-bodies-in-bags-near-resort-town/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mexican-authorities-find-5-dismembered-bodies-in-bags-near-resort-town

He phoned 999 in the early hours of Friday, May 13 last year, after he had been thrown out of Acapulco night club in Halifax, when he was off duty and drinking with colleagues.

Source: https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/crime/police-officer-sacked-for-trying-to-shut-down-investigation-into-embarrassing-conduct-4125019

Hundreds of trucks from the government electricity company arrived in Acapulco early Wednesday, but seemed at a loss as to how to restore power.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12678553/Aerial-footage-shows-devastation-Hurricane-Otis.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Hurricane Otis, which roared through Acapulco in the early hours of Oct. 25, was the most powerful storm on record to strike Mexico’s Pacific coast, killing dozens of people and wrecking thousands of homes in the city of nearly 900,000.

Source: https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2023/11/11/mexicos-acapulco-hit-by/

“I’m mostly resigned,” said Priscila Villicaña, 31, a lawyer whose family lives in Acapulco.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/25/world/americas/hurricane-otis-mexico-impact.html

In the first days after Otis was beaten, according to Javier Alatorre, who hosts a news program on the national television channel TV Azteca and who traveled to Acapulco, “the government was nowhere to be seen.”

Source: https://www.thecherawchronicle.com/residents-of-acapulco-hit-by-hurricane-otis-are-appealing-to-the-mexican-government-for-help/

La Quebrada is a 148-foot-high cliff on the shores of the Pacific in Acapulco.

Source: https://www.ncregister.com/cna/our-lady-of-guadalupe-statue-untouched-by-hurricane-otis-destructive-winds-in-mexico

Letitia Murphy said she began to worry when she lost contact with her ex-husband and father of her two children, 59-year-old Briton Neil Marshall, who was in Acapulco when Otis hit.

Source: https://metro.co.uk/2023/10/28/acapulco-looting-breaks-out-after-165mph-hurricane-otis-hits-mexico-19734423/

Meanwhile, Guerrero Governor Evelyn Salgado Pineda announced the establishment of a WhatsApp line to help people contact their families after communications went down in Acapulco on Wednesday.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/hurricane-otis-acapulco-path-latest-news-b2437003.html

Mexican officials raised the death toll to 39 on Saturday from Hurricane Otis, which struck the country's southern Pacific coast including the resort city of Acapulco early Wednesday as a powerful Category 5 storm.

Source: https://www.startribune.com/blaming-crime-whole-story-retail-shrink-expert-say-maybe-not-target-theft-inventory-walmart-amazon/600315484/

Most of the boats are damaged at the Acapulco Yacht Club.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-11-13/acapulco-fabled-beach-town-a-wreck-in-aftermath-of-otis

Nadal’s time in the top 10 was officially stamped with an expiry date on Thursday after Taylor Fritz advanced to the Acapulco semi-final.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/sport/tennis/1742143/Novak-Djokovic-Rafael-Nadal-18-year-streak-clay-showdown-tennis-news

Otis was about 25 miles (40km) north-northwest of Acapulco with its maximum sustained winds decreasing to 130mph (215kph) and moving at 10mph (17kph).

Source: https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/national/23877659.hurricane-otis-weakens-category-4-storm-heavy-rain-batters-southern-mexico/?ref=rss

The Pope concluded his appeal with a special prayer intention for those affected by Hurricane Otis in Acapulco, Mexico.

Source: https://www.ncregister.com/cna/pope-at-angelus-by-loving-others-we-reflect-the-father-s-love-like-mirrors

“This is going to improve Acapulco, because it will force the government to pay attention,” he said.

Source: https://halifax.citynews.ca/2023/10/26/acapulcos-residents-are-left-in-flooded-and-windblown-chaos-with-hurricanes-toll-still-unknown/