How was the port after the hurricane? (Photos) – El Financiero

Tropical storm ‘John’, which has left at least 22 dead so far, caused serious damage to the port of Acapulco, Guerrero, after passing through the entity as a category 3 hurricane.

On Thursday, it gained strength again and made landfall for the second time, now in Michoacán as a tropical storm. However, the heaviest damage was caused in Acapulco.

How was Acapulco after Hurricane ‘John’?

On Friday, authorities reported another six deaths from the hurricane ‘John’, with which the number of deaths increased to 22, since cyclone impact last Monday, of which 18 were registered in Guerreroanother three in Oaxaca and one more in Michoacán.

The rains caused by Hurricane ‘John’ continue to affect the port of Acapulco for four days. (Photo: Cuartoscuro) (Carlos Alberto Carbajal)

Five other people were found dead in Acapulco, in addition to two more, a mother and her son, are missing after the collapse of a fence.

The authorities have asked the population to take extreme precautions against landslides and flooding in the port of Acapulco. (darkroom) (Carlos Alberto Carbajal)

Three of the fatalities are two women and a man who died in the Lázaro Cárdenas colony, in the upper part of the port, during the early hours of this Friday, when a hill was washed away by the rains and dragged a large amount of stone, causing several houses to collapse, as well as their walls, telephone poles, and a truck to be swept away.

People walk on an avenue flooded by the passage of Hurricane ‘John’ in the port of Acapulco. (Photo: EFE) (David Guzmán/EFE)

In one of the houses was an 88-year-old woman, who was buried by stones and earth in a room of her house, while her grandson, who accompanied her, was buriedbut when the neighbors heard the screams they were able to rescue him alive.

In the second house, a 45-year-old couple was also found dead, after a slab and the walls collapsed, leaving the people buried.

A landslide caused by the softening of the land due to the rains left by Hurricane ‘John’. Civil protection asked the inhabitants to evacuate the Infonavit Alta Progreso Housing Unit in Acapulco, to avoid a major disaster. (Photo: Cuartoscuro) (Carlos Alberto Carbajal)

In the Libertadores neighborhood, an elderly woman died buried after the landslide of a hill on Miguel Hidalgo Street, when he was in the kitchen built of wood.

José Luis Estrada, a resident of the Infonavit Alta Progreso neighborhood, told EFE the exact moment of the collapse that he witnessed, when “an entire walkway was detached from the entire area of ​​the buildings.”

Hurricane John The Diamond Zone of Acapulco continues to be flooded five days after Hurricane John. (darkroom) (Carlos Alberto Carbajal)

He governor of Oaxaca, Salomón Jara, informed the media on Thursday of three deaths, including a minor swept away by the current.

In Michoacan The death of a four-year-old child who fell into the Grande River in Morelia was also reported, which was almost at the edge of its capacity due to the continuous rains in the entity.

In the Diamond Zone of Acapulco, residents walk through the flooded streets, looking for food or to evacuate the area. (Photo: Cuartoscuro) (Carlos Alberto Carbajal)

‘John’ degraded as a remaining low pressure in Michoacanafter resurfacing on Wednesday from its remnants, after having made landfall on Monday as a category 3 in Guerrero.

The port of Acapulcon continues to suffer serious damage after the passage of Hurricane ‘John’ (Photo: Cuartoscuro) (Carlos Alberto Carbajal)

The cyclone has surprised because it was initially expected to be a tropical storm that would degrade to a depression upon making landfall on Wednesday in Chiapas, but it intensified, accelerated and changed course on Monday, when it strengthened to a category 3 hurricane and hit the area of ​​the Costa Chica of Guerrero.

The cyclone has surprised because it was initially expected to be a tropical storm. (darkroom) (Carlos Alberto Carbajal)

With EFE information