Hurricane John’s Fury: Acapulco Underwater – Devastating Photos and Videos Reveal Guerrero Coast’s Trail of Destruction

Hurricane John’s Fury: Acapulco Underwater – Devastating Photos and Videos Reveal Guerrero Coast’s Trail of Destruction

September 28, 2024 Catherine Williams News

Once again, the reality of one of the most representative tourist destinations in the country is dominated by flooded roads, landslides, areas cut off from communication due to the failure of telephone and electricity services, closed businesses, food shortages it can be predicted and other supplies. , and a huge number of people who had to leave their homes to seek safety in a shelter.

Mexico City, September 28 (However).- After several days of intense activity and inconsistent progress that resulted in two strikes Mexican soilhe Cyclone “John” has finally begun to melt, leaving only remains, according to the National Meteorological Service (NMS) it will continue to stimulate raining in different states of the Republic.

Among the entities that will still find the effects of the meteor is detected Guerrero, where the ravages of his passage, once again, have left a large part of the port of Acapulco flooded and thousands of victims that only a year ago they were also affected by the onset of inflammation Hurricane “Otis”.

Once again, the reality of one of the most representative tourist destinations in the country is dominated by flooded roads, landslides, areas cut off from communication due to the failure of telephone and electricity services, closed businesses, food shortages it can be predicted and other supplies. , and a huge number of people who had to leave their homes to seek safety in a shelter.

acapulco-underwater-john-2The Diamond Zone of Acapulco remains flooded five days after Hurricane John, where you can see residents walking through the flooded streets, looking for food or trying to evacuate the area. Photo: Carlos Alberto Carbajal, Cuartoscuro
acapulco-underwater-john-3acapulco-underwater-john-3The Diamond Zone of Acapulco remains flooded five days after Hurricane John, where you can see residents walking through the flooded streets, looking for food or trying to evacuate the area. Photo: Carlos Alberto Carbajal, Cuartoscuro

“We have received an impressive, historic amount of heavy rain for five days and the city is under water,” said Abelina López Rodríguez, Mayor of Acapulco, who shared a video of an overflight in an area of ​​the port on Friday afternoon, and a disastrous scenario unfolded.

“This is the size of the reserve tested in Acapulco. This is just one of the many corners of the city, the so-called Diamond area. And this situation is repeated in every corner of Acapulco, the upper part, the western area, the metropolitan area and the rural area,” emphasized the municipal president.

At the same time, he said that the response to the situation had been “immediate” by the authorities and the emergency bodies, in order to evacuate “with a superhuman effort” all the people trapped in the middle of the flood and other effects from the natural phenomenon, which has left 13 deaths in Guerrero, three of which were reported in Acapulco.

Due to the weather, it was until the early hours of Friday, September 27, when the rescue efforts began under the leadership of the Army, namely the Secretary of the Navy (Semar), through the Mexican Navy; the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena) and the Secretariat of Comprehensive Risk Management and Civil Protection (SGIRPC). The state authorities also asked for the support of citizens who had vehicles that could be used to join the rescue efforts.

“I continue to call on boat and jet ski owners to join the rescue efforts. We are going to show that the heart of the people of Acapulco is huge,” wrote Mayor López Rodríguez in one of the many announcements she has made through her social networks.

On Friday afternoon, he reported that “tourist service providers and fishermen” had answered the call and provided some of their boats to support them.

For her part, Evelyn Salgado Pineda, Governor of Guerrero, also used her social networks to share updates on rescue tasks and other activities carried out by emergency forces in the region.

In one of these announcements, the Governor revealed that around 1,123 people were rescued at the port after using “33 jet skis, three boats and a catamaran.” “We are touring the most affected areas of Acapulco. We continue to save families, with our brigades of the Guerrero Task Force,” he mentioned in another.

Similarly, Semar noted that, as part of the implementation of the Marine Plan, 14 people were rescued and another 596 evacuated Similarly, he added that “two thousand 480 food supplies have been taken, as well as 19 thousand 840 liters of water in. bottled to support the municipalities affected by the passage of Hurricane John.”

Although the rescue efforts are ongoing, there are still many people to save, especially in regions such as the so-called Diamond zone, where it is estimated that between three and five thousand people live, and where some of the most significant floods. recorded because of its location.

The municipal president of Acapulco said that the water in the subdivisions that are part of that residential area has reached two meters in height, as a river and a lagoon converge there, as well as their respective tributaries.

Videos from users on social networks allow us to see the extent of the flooding in the area and the way its residents had to take safety on the roofs of their homes, waiting for the rescue forces to be able to transfer them to one of these. the shelters that have enabled them.

UNAM WILL SET UP A COLLECTION CENTER AT CU

Considering the situation experienced in Acapulco and other areas of Guerrero due to the trip of “John”, the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) reported that it will place a collection center within the facilities of Ciudad Universitaria so that people can go to donate goods. .

Through s statementthe academic institution announced that the UNAM Community Collection Center will be open on Monday, September 30, between 10:00 am and 6:00 pm It will be located in Parking Lot 8 at the University’s Olympic Stadium.

“It is suggested that the population provide support with: water, rice, tuna, sugar, dental cleaning items, chlorine, all purpose detergent, baby formula, beans, cookies, alcohol gel, tools for removing debris, toilet soap, soap powder, liquid hand soap, juice, milk, milk powder, pulses, medicines and healing materials, children’s diaper, adult diaper, toilet paper, toothpaste, salt, sardine, soup, sanitary napkins, canned vegetables”, the University noted.

-With information from AP

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