Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador slammed his critics in the wake of Hurricane Otis, which tore through Mexico’s Pacific coast last week as a Category 5 storm. Obrador took aim at those who he said were exaggerating the destruction caused by the hurricane and suggested they were providing misleading information. The storm last week…
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ACAPULCO, Mexico (Reuters) -The death toll from a devastating hurricane this week in the Mexican beach resort of Acapulco has risen to 39, the government said on Saturday, as President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador accused his opponents of overblowing the extent of the disaster. Hurricane Otis pounded Acapulco with winds of 165 miles per hour (266 km per hour) on Wednesday, flooding the city, tearing roofs from homes, stores and hotels, submerging vehicles, and severing communications as well as r
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The death toll from Hurricane Otis, a Category 5 storm which unleashed devastation in the Mexican Pacific resort city of Acapulco earlier this week, has risen to 39, according to the latest government figures on Saturday. Otis pounded Acapulco with winds of 165 miles per hour (266 km per hour) early on Wednesday, flooding the city, tearing roofs from homes, stores and hotels, submerging vehicles, and severing communications as well as road and air connections. The government, which has so far released little information about dead and injured, had previously reported 27 people had died and that four others were missing due to Otis.