At least 27 people have died and four others are missing due to the passage of the Hurricane ‘Otis’which entered Mexico early Wednesday as a category five cyclone and after a rapid and sudden consolidation in Atlantic watersaccording to the first balance of victims given by the Mexican Government.

In addition, the storm has devastated the city, leaving destroyed buildings, tennis courts converted into Olympic swimming pools and flooded streets with hundreds of cars that have been trapped by the water. The Minister of Security and Citizen Protection, Rosa Icela Rodríguez, has stressed that the forecasts did not anticipate the strength that ‘Otis’ ended up gaining, which went from being a tropical storm to becoming a category five hurricane, the maximum on the Saffir-Simpson scale, in a matter of twelve hours. The cyclone made landfall in Mexico with maximum sustained winds of 270 kilometers per hour but it lost strength as the hours passed.

The storm “has left the Mexican city destroyed,” according to those affected, and both tourists and residents have witnessed houses and resorts being flooded. Furthermore, more than 500,000 people They were left without power and incommunicado due to the storm that became a strong hurricane. After the hellish night, the supermarkets have been filled in search of groceries, where one of the neighbors, those most affected by the hurricane, has reported that his house was completely blown up and that he has been a “total loss.”

This Thursday the minister announced that the authorities of the state of Guerrero, the most affected, have already registered 27 fatalities. It has also reported serious material damage, to the point that the 80 percent of the hotels in Acapulco would have suffered the ravages of this storm.

For his part, the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obradorhas traveled to the city of Acapulco, in the state of Guerrero, to analyze the Damage caused by Hurricane ‘Otis. Although the president has been stranded halfway due to the large amount of mud and mud on the roads, López Obrador has walked a section on foot to access the area.

The Government of Mexico activated contingency plans on Wednesday in areas at risk, mainly in southern areas. The governor of Guerrero, Evelyn Salgado, activated contingency plans on Wednesday in areas at risk, mainly in southern areas. Salgado has insisted on “don’t let your guard down” despite the progressive loss of strength of ‘Otis’, a message similar to the one that López Obrador had previously conveyed.