Mexico: Hurricane John death toll at least 16

Home World Mexico: Hurricane John death toll at least 16 30-09-2024 10:25 AM Ammon News - The death toll from Hurricane John, which made landfall twice on Mexico's Pacific coast, rose to 16 by Sunday, authorities said. Outgoing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, in a message on X, updated the toll in Guerrerro state to 15, while a civil protection official in the neighboring state of Oaxaca told AFP another life was lost there. Some media reported the toll was at least 20. John made landfall on Tuesday as a Category 3 hurricane before churning along the coast for several days and striking land again as a tropical storm. The storm left the beachside city of Acapulco underwater, causing panic in a town where memories are still fresh of Hurricane Otis a scale-topping Category 5 storm that left a trail of destruction and several dozen people dead in October last year. Some 18,000 military and rescue personnel were deployed to deal with John, and more than 5,000 people were evacuated from high-risk areas, according to authorities. About 3,800 were taken to shelters. The water level had started dropping by Sunday, and a cleanup was underway. AFP

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Mexico: Hurricane John death toll at least 16

30-09-2024 10:25 AM

Ammon News - The death toll from Hurricane John, which made landfall twice on Mexico's Pacific coast, rose to 16 by Sunday, authorities said.

Outgoing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, in a message on X, updated the toll in Guerrerro state to 15, while a civil protection official in the neighboring state of Oaxaca told AFP another life was lost there.

Some media reported the toll was at least 20.

John made landfall on Tuesday as a Category 3 hurricane before churning along the coast for several days and striking land again as a tropical storm.

The storm left the beachside city of Acapulco underwater, causing panic in a town where memories are still fresh of Hurricane Otis a scale-topping Category 5 storm that left a trail of destruction and several dozen people dead in October last year.

Some 18,000 military and rescue personnel were deployed to deal with John, and more than 5,000 people were evacuated from high-risk areas, according to authorities.

About 3,800 were taken to shelters.

The water level had started dropping by Sunday, and a cleanup was underway.

AFP

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