The Category 5 storm made landfall directly on the beach resort city with 780,000 residents.
Damage from Hurricane Otis on a a shopping mall in Acapulco, Mexico, on Oct. 25. Photo: Oscar Guerrero Ramirez/Getty Imagesmade landfall directly on Acapulco, Mexico, as a violent Category 5 storm on Wednesday, killing at least 27 people and causing extensive damage to the beach resort city.
Mexican Army soldiers stranded as they wait for the engineer corps to fix a fallen bridge on Oct. 26, 2023. Photo: Alejandro Cegarra/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesA resident surveys damage where a home once stood on Oct. 26. Photo: Alejandro Cegarra/Bloomberg via Getty Images People and Mexican soldiers stranded on Oct. 25 as they wait for an engineer corps to fix a bridge damaged in the storm. Photo: Alejandro Cegarra/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesResidents of the Mexican city of Xaltianguis waiting for aid on Oct. 26. Photo: Alejandro Cegarra/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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