Mexico received twice you see John’s impactfirst as a hurricane and then as a tropical storm, until dissipating this Friday after making landfall, but not before leaving a wake of floods and death in the south of the country.
At least 8 dead They were counted until this Friday, while John reminded Acapulco of the floods that Otis left last year.
Hurricane John: they ask citizens for support for evictions in Acapulco
Guerrero authorities reported that In four days it rained what it usually rains in a yearto the extent that in Acapulco the City Council had to make an urgent call to neighbors with boats or jet skis to help rescue the inhabitants.
Acapulco was beginning to recover from the impact it suffered in 2023 due to the Hurricane Otis —which, with its category 5 force, destroyed a large part of this tourist destination—, when half of its neighborhoods were flooded.
Don’t come to me with what #AcapulcoOtraVez.
Thus the priorities of this government that is now leaving.
Those of #Morena They looted FONDEN, used Ayotzinapa politically and now abandoned Acapulco.
They are worried about what they take away and about their “Bailongo” #Helene pic.twitter.com/M7cTpMS2OL
— Xochitl G.R. (@Xochitl_2024) September 27, 2024
The lack of material to rescue neighbors who were isolated caused insistent calls from the City Council “to all citizens who own a boat or jet ski to collaborate in rescue operations.”
According to the Governor of Guerrero, Evelyn Salgadotourism service providers in the port began to evict people in all types of small boats or on jet skis.
Minor swept away by floods in Acapulco
The authorities confirmed that a minor was swept away by the waters in Acapulco and four people died in other parts of the coastal state of Guerrero.
How sad. Acapulco again.pic.twitter.com/h3WKKjF8Hu
— Joaquín López-Dóriga (@lopezdoriga) September 27, 2024
Meanwhile, the government of Oaxaca reported three deaths due to the effects of the storm passage.
The rescues began at dawn on Friday, led by elements of the Army and Navy, along with volunteers, but the authorities have not reported so far the number of people rescued or isolated.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said more than 1,200 people were in shelters.
Acapulco, Guerrero.
At least in the 2017 earthquake, Enrique Peña Nieto had the FONDEN to face the misfortune.
Andrés Manuel López Obrador made a trust, on 9/19, where he stole people’s money for his campaign.
Today there is no FONDEN, nor is there Peña, nor do we have a… pic.twitter.com/fptUk0SpTi
— Neoliberalover (@neoliberalover) September 26, 2024
Complicated communications with the Acapulco area
Civil Protection, which transmits periodic information through its official Facebook account, indicated that communications with the western area of the municipality were still cut off because there is no electricity.
He asked people not to be overconfident because in the last four days the rain that normally occurs in an entire year fell in the area. and it kept raining.
ATTENTION!
⚠️The International Airport of #Acapulco suspends operations due to flooding after hurricane #John.
They will resume when conditions improve. 🌧️🌀✈️ pic.twitter.com/C5OaPQTgpo
— Azteca Information Force (@AztecaNoticias) September 27, 2024
Furthermore, today landslides and the collapse of walls multiplied of containment in homes, so the authorities asked those affected to go to one of the enabled shelters.
Videos of the flooding in Acapulco due to John
Videos on social networks showed cars floating in waterparts of homes collapsing as land broke away and people rescued from raging waters using lifelines.
As explained Alejandro Martínez Sidney, business leader in Acapulcoin a television interview, people were beginning to despair, restaurants and stores were closed and a large part of the streets were collapsed.
He predicted new million-dollar losses in a port that lives off tourism.
The losses in Acapulco are immeasurable. Rescue maneuvers for people and pets have been launched by residents and security agents.pic.twitter.com/Z1nUuZ4NCB
— SkyAlert Storm (@SkyAlertStorm) September 27, 2024
They ask in Acapulco not to leave their homes
“Don’t leave your houses yet“We will have a lot of rain in the next few hours,” warned Amín Vázquez, spokesperson for the Acapulco City Council.
He international airport remained closed this Friday and the main highway that connects with Mexico City had intermittent outages due to landslides.
The remnants of John were still affected by the state of Michoacán and were moving towards Colima and southern Jalisco.
🇲🇽 | Thousands of people are trapped and incommunicado in subdivisions of the Diamond Zone in Acapulco after 4 days of torrential rains.
pic.twitter.com/YbMRfmsQeV— Alerta News 24 (@AlertNews24) September 27, 2024
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2024-10-04 14:51:24
