Looting ravaged the Mexican city of Acapulco after the iconic beach resort was hammered this week by Hurricane Otis, a record-breaking storm that killed at least 27 people and left residents struggling to get food and water.
with winds of 165 miles per hour early on Wednesday, flooding the city, tearing roofs from homes, stores and hotels, submerging vehicles, and severing communication, road, and air connections., and more than 8,000 armed forces members were sent to help clean up the stricken port.
Elsewhere, household detritus sat among ruined deck chairs and jumbles of mangled trees outside wrecked homes. "It was total chaos," said 57-year-old Acapulco resident Rodolfo Villagomez. "You could hear it here hissing like a bull," he added. "Right now money's no use to us because there's nothing to buy, everything's been looted."
"Nature, the creator protected us, even with the fury of the hurricane," he added. "There's a lot of material damage but luckily we're not registering too many deaths."
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