Following the impact of hurricane Otis on the west coast of Mexico, the EU will provide €1.3 million in humanitarian assistance to help address the most urgent needs of the affected population.
The funding will provide assistance to the most vulnerable, including shelter, water, sanitation and hygiene, as well as support for livelihoods and other basic needs.
‘The children screamed for hours’: horrors of #Hurricane#Otis leave devastation for Acapulco’s poorest
Hurricane Otis was the strongest storm ever to hit Mexico’s Pacific coast, damaging more than 200,000 homes and killing at least 45 people, with dozens reported missing. #unwetter
En el huracán #Otis (que arrasó Acapulco la semana pasada) se pudieron medir rachas de hasta 330 km/h. A principios de octubre se midieron 342 km/h en el tifón #Koinu sobre Taiwan. En caso de confirmación, ambas mediciones estaría entre las 15 mayores registradas, muchas de ellas puestas en duda.
"Emergency Communications Coordinator International Amateur Radio Union Region 2 Emergency Communications Coordinator Carlos Alberto Santamaría González, CO2JC, said frequency protection has been requested for the following bands and frequencies
According to The Washington Post, a #weather station near #Acapulco recorded a wind gust of 205 mph during the landfall of Category 5 Hurricane Otis, which is one of the highest ever observed in the world.
#Otis is the strongest #hurricane on record to strike the west coast of Mexico.
For the record, the highest ever recorded wind gust was measured on Barrow Island, Australia, in 1996, with a speed of 253 mph.
"Estela Sandoval Díaz was huddled in her tiny concrete bathroom, sure these were the final moments of her life, when Hurricane Otis ripped off her tin roof.
The Category 5 hurricane damaged nearly all of Acapulco’s homes, left bodies bobbing along the coastline and much of the city foraging for food."
The number of people dead and missing due to Hurricane Otis, a Category 5 storm which hammered the Mexican Pacific resort city of Acapulco last week, has risen to 100, the government of the southern state of Guerrero said on Monday.
Dr. Daniel Swain: Category 5 hurricane that (unexpectedly) devastated Acapulco, Mexico last week, and also recap this weekend's elevated fire weather conditions in California (including why they were distinctly less dangerous than events in recent years). 10/30/2023
The Christian bigot has a ready-made narrative of phony victimhood.
"The LGBTQ civil rights movement is being 'pushed' on us Christians"
When asked how, they say simply mentioning the existence of LGBTQ in the news is "pushing it on us".
With this kind of thinking, mentioning the #Otis storm on the news, is "pushing climate change".
Mentioning gun violence on the news, is "pushing gun safety".
They want to impose a requirement on others of a curated reality.
100 dead or missing in Mexico from hurricane, food and water worries persist (www.reuters.com)
The number of people dead and missing due to Hurricane Otis, a Category 5 storm which hammered the Mexican Pacific resort city of Acapulco last week, has risen to 100, the government of the southern state of Guerrero said on Monday.