2024-04-22 03:17:38
177 days after the Hurricane Otis made landfall in Acapulco, Guerrerothe affected municipalities continue with the work to address the emergency today Thursday April 18 2024.
More than 5 months after the impact of the Hurricane Otis in Acapulco and Coyuca de Benítezthe Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena) assured that the delivery of goods has been completed; Likewise, support has been granted to more than 300 thousand homes.
Until March 18, the last date on which the federal government provided official information, the State Attorney General’s Office has not modified the official figures of deaths and missing persons due to the hurricane, so the report of 52 dead and 31 missing in Acapulco y Coyuca of Benitez.
Acapulco hotels will be rehabilitated until 2026
He hurricane Otis It hit Acapulco as category 5 in the early hours of October 25, 2023 and damaged 80% of both residential and hotel infrastructure. For almost 6 months, the tourism sector has not recovered.
Until nowaround 30% of the hotels have been rehabilitated and, although events are scheduled in the port for 2024, merchants consider that Acapulco will be completely rehabilitated until 2026according to Process.
According to the president of the Association of Established Merchants of the Coast, Laura Caballero Rodríguez, there has been an increase in tourist influx; however, has not been enough for the economic benefit that is required.
This is especially because most of the hotels have not been rehabilitated and many of these will open until 2026.
“At Easter is where we expected a lot more tourism. Yes, there was something, but not the economic impact that is needed in the port…We hoped to have a little more, not in total because we must recognize that not all the hotels are working.”
Laura Caballero Rodríguez, president of the Association of Established Merchants of the Coast
According to official figures, of the 19,000 rooms available in 663 hotels before Otis, so far there are 8,326 rooms distributed in 180 hotels.
UN: Infrastructure in poor neighborhoods was vulnerable
Xavier Moya García, coordinator of the UN Disaster Risk Reduction Support Program, assured that the Hurricane Otis left serious damage because the infrastructure in poor neighborhoods and tourist areas was vulnerable.
According to Moya García, the main construction of Acapulco was in the second half of the 20th century, when there was not much information on climatological issues.
This means that These were not taken into account for the construction of the buildings as was done in the case of earthquakes.
“So what we had is a location very exposed to these phenomena and a great vulnerability, not only of the poorest, marginalized or rural areas… but also of the tourist infrastructure, which is where the investment is concentrated”
Xavier Moya García, coordinator of the UN Disaster Risk Reduction Support Program
They leave those affected by Otis stranded in UAD
Neighbors who were affected by the passage of Hurricane Otis They were planted in the Acapulco Sports Unit (UDA) where authorities had promised to provide them with care.
The neighbors had requested a second census with the intention of accessing support from the federal government to rehabilitate their homes and businesses.
Although they were summoned to the UDA, when the victims arrived They did not find the servants of the nation, for whom they waited from 6 in the morning until noon on April 17.
Patrol falls into ravine after chase in Acapulco; 4 members of the National Guard are injured
The National Guard patrol with economic number 26566 He fell into a ravine while pursuing the chase of those allegedly responsible for the murder of businessman Ricardo Santiago Brito.
Due to the accident caused by the terrain, 4 members of the National Guard were injured. The elements suffered multiple bruises and were taken to a hospital for medical attention.
As part of the attention to the report of the attack on the Acapulco businessman, a search operation was deployed for those responsible for the homicide; however, The patrol car fell into a ravine and ended up behind a house.
2024-04-22 03:17:38