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[โ€“] PeleSpirit@toons.zone 4 points 1 year ago

I don't agree with that headline at all:

But many residents said the aid was insufficient.

"All the stores are closed or destroyed," said Raul Busto Ramirez, 76, an engineer who works at Acapulco's airport. He blamed looting on shortages and said ATM machines were out of action, leaving people with no cash.

[โ€“] autotldr@lemmings.world 3 points 1 year ago

๐Ÿค– I'm a bot that provides automatic summaries for articles:

Click here to see the summaryThe cost of devastation left by the Category 5 storm was estimated at billions of dollars, and over 8,000 armed forces members were sent to help the stricken port recover.

"There were acts of looting in some places because there was an emergency," President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday, urging residents not to take advantage of the situation.

Speaking at a regular press conference, Lopez Obrador said the government would help people in the city of nearly 900,000 in the southern state of Guerrero, one of Mexico's poorest.

"The aid is insufficient, and all the stores are closed or destroyed," said Raul Busto Ramirez, 76, an engineer who works at Acapulco's airport.

Letitia Murphy 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.

Another weather front that could produce more heavy rain is expected to gain strength off Central America in the coming days, again moving toward southern Mexico.


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