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Hurricane Otis death toll rises to 48; 36 still reported missing
Updated On: 31 October, 2023 07:48 AM IST | Acapulco | Agencies
Families held funerals on Sunday while government workers and volunteers cleared clogged streets.
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A man walks past damage caused by Otis in Acapulco. Pic/AP
At least 48 people died when Category 5 Hurricane Otis slammed into Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, most of them in Acapulco, Mexican authorities said Sunday as the death toll continued to climb and families buried loved ones.
Mexico’s civil defense agency said in a statement that 43 of the dead were in the resort city of Acapulco and five in nearby Coyuca de Benitez. Guerrero state’s governor had earlier raised the number of missing to 36 from 10 a day earlier. The death toll increased after authorities had raised it to 39 on Saturday. Families held funerals on Sunday while government workers and volunteers cleared clogged streets.
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