(28 Sep 2024)
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Acapulco, Mexico – 27 September 2024
1. People crossing a flooded street
2. Various of damaged building and pavement in Acapulco
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Alan Tonini, architect:
"My cousin’s mother is trapped in Punta Diamante, so my cousin is coming to pick me up and we are going to go there and do our best to rescue her and the people who are there in the floods."
4. Various of damaged and flooded streets
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Adolfo Ortiz, resident:
"I think that everyone who lives in Acapulco and went through Hurricane Otis now even a wind is a trauma, it is like living through it again. Now, unfortunately, it is the low-lying neighborhoods and settlements that are affected the most."
6. Various of people holding umbrellas by the roadside
7. Various of damaged buildings by the coast
8. Pan to debris on the shore
STORYLINE:
Tropical Storm John made its second landfall along Mexico’s Pacific coast Friday, while in its wake authorities in the resort city of Acapulco called for help from anyone with a boat to deal with the flooding.
John came ashore near Tizupan in Michoacan state Friday with sustained winds of 45 mph (75 kmh) after making its initial landfall farther east on the coast on Monday as a Category 3 hurricane.
Hours later it dissipated over the coastal mountains, but heavy rain was forecast to continue in the area, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center.
It blew tin roofs off houses, triggered mudslides and toppled scores of trees. After weakening inland, it reemerged over the ocean, reforming as a tropical storm Wednesday and eventually regaining hurricane strength.
At least eight people have died as a result of the storm.
The rain has been the real problem. A year’s worth in a matter of days has pounded the coastal mountains setting off landslides and severe flooding in Acapulco and elsewhere.
The flooding is so bad in Acapulco — which still hasn’t recovered from Hurricane Otis last October — that the head of the municipal civil defense agency said authorities were starting to use boats inside the city to rescue people from low-lying neighborhoods.
Authorities reported they had performed an "important" number of water rescues Friday and that Acapulco’s airport remained closed.
The main highway connecting the coastal resort with Mexico City had also been blocked intermittently by landslides.
The area had received a year’s worth of precipitation in a matter of days. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said that more than 1,200 people were in shelters.
The rain was also setting off landslides and collapsing retention walls in the steep mountains above the city.
AP video shot by Antonio Castillo
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