They’d always dreamed of living by the ocean, but when they first visited the Bahamas back in 1985, Norvell and Mark Slezycki never imagined that they’d have their very own oceanfront home in the island country. The couple, who were living in New York City at the time, “stumbled upon” the Abaco Islands, located north … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave Two days after Hurricane Otis made landfall in Acapulco on Oct. 25, Mexican police Officer Arizbeth Dionisio Ambrosio was busy removing fallen trees, light poles and cars washed away by the storm when she heard a baby wailing. Ambrosio, 33, was among the hundreds of Mexican police … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave ACAPULCO, Mexico — Before Hurricane Otis tore through this once-famed Pacific Coast resort, the Las Olas luxury condominium complex was already expecting a dismal turnout for this Día de los Muertos weekend. The wealthy owners of the oceanfront vacation homes were too afraid to visit. Not long … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave ACAPULCO, Mexico — As the winds grew more insistent and the waves jerked his boat, Demetrio Felipe made a last phone call to his wife at home. He urged her to close the windows and stay inside. The ocean was getting ugly, the yacht captain told her. … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave A weather station near Acapulco measured a 205 mph wind gust, one of the highest ever observed in the world, as Category 5 Otis made landfall last Wednesday as the strongest hurricane on record to strike the west coast of Mexico. The storm killed more than 40 … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave ACAPULCO, Mexico — Increasingly desperate families continued to search for missing loved ones Monday as authorities raised the official death toll from Hurricane Otis along Mexico’s Pacific Coast to 45. Forty-seven people remained missing, Guerrero state Gov. Evelyn Salgado told reporters, and about 274,000 homes in the … Read more
ACAPULCO, Mexico — At least 43 people died when Category 5 Hurricane Otis slammed into Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, the governor of hard-hit Guerrero said Sunday as the death toll continued to climb. Gov. Evelyn Salgado said on X, the platform formerly called Twitter, that the number of missing also rose to 36 from 10 … Read more
ACAPULCO, Mexico — Kristian Vera stood on an Acapulco beach Saturday looking out toward dozens of sunken boats, including three of her own, all marked by floating buoys or just poking out of the water. Despite losing her livelihood in Hurricane Otis’ brutal pass through Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, the 44-year-old fisher felt fortunate. That … Read more
STORY: Reuters drone footage showed on Friday (October 27) people carrying off goods including food, water and toilet paper from stores after residents were left to grapple with shortages of food and water. Video also shows sections of buildings peeled off in the Barra Vieja neighborhood, northeast of Acapulco. Otis pummeled the city with winds … Read more
ByThe Associated Press October 27, 2023, 12:42 PM A traffic sign lays on a car after Hurricane Otis ripped through Acapulco, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. Hurricane Otis ripped through Mexico’s southern Pacific coast as a powerful Category 5 storm, unleashing massive flooding, ravaging roads and leaving large swaths of the southwestern state of Guerrero … Read more