The powerful Hurricane Otis leaves the city of Acapulco incommunicado and causes extensive damage on the Pacific coast of Mexico

The impact of Hurricane Otis, which made landfall as a category 5 early this Wednesday on the Pacific coast of Mexico, left without communications and access to the city of Acapulco, one of the main tourist destinations in the country, which suffered severe damage to its road and communications infrastructure.

The state Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) of Mexico reported that it is working to restore electrical service in the state of Guerrero, after the passage of Hurricane Otis, whose powerful winds collapsed 58 high-voltage structures in the state, a problem that left without light to dozens of municipalities.

In addition, he said that due to these effects, 504,340 users were left without power, although the service of 202,932 users has been restored, that is, 40%.

The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, arrived this Wednesday night in Acapulco after a journey that included a long stop on the Mexico-Acapulco highway, due to landslides caused by the hurricane, a traffic jam on a military vehicle, a crossing a river on foot, a walk through the undergrowth and a trip back to the capital by helicopter.

The president met with, among others, the Secretary of Defense, Luis Cresencio Sandoval; that of Marina, Rafael Ojeda; of Security, Rosa Icela Rodríguez, and the coordinator of National Civil Protection, Laura Velázquez, in addition to state and municipal authorities.

In the last few hours, Otis was reduced to a low pressure storm during its passage over the state of Michoacán, neighboring the southern state of Guerrero, reported the National Meteorological Service (SNM), although it noted that the intense rains, caused by the remnants of Otis, will continue this Thursday.