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Acapulco (Mexico) (AFP) - Three foreigners were among at least 45 people killed when Hurricane Otis lashed Acapulco last week, authorities said Monday, as Mexico's president promised to put the devastated beachside city "back on its feet." The foreign victims -- from the United States, Britain and Canada -- were residents of Acapulco, Evelyn Salgado, governor of the southern state of Guerrero, told reporters. The latest toll given by Salgado was slightly lower than the 48 deaths reported by the government on Sunday. She said that 47 people were still unaccounted for. According to Mexico's fore...
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Acapulco (Mexico) (AFP) - Airlines began to evacuate tourists from Mexico's beachside city of Acapulco on Friday after a scale-topping Category 5 hurricane left a trail of destruction and at least 27 people dead, authorities said. "Acapulco airport has already been reopened for an airlift," Defense Minister Luis Cresencio Sandoval told reporters in Mexico City, adding that the runway had not suffered major damage. Commercial airlines would bring in doctors and fly out tourists and locals, he added. Passengers hauling suitcases arrived to catch the free flights, expressing relief to be alive af...
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Fort Myers (United States) (AFP) - Hour by hour, day by day, hurricane-devastated southwest Florida is starting to get back on its feet -- and the workers doing the hard labor are largely undocumented migrants. They have names like Jael, Juan and Francisco Antonio, and they flooded into Florida from other Gulf Coast states, and even from Mexico, to take on work. Many are perpetual nomadic workers, traveling from one natural disaster to another, toiling by day and sleeping in cars and trucks at night. Since Hurricane Ian smashed into southwest Florida on September 28, killing some 125 people a...
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Miami (AFP) - The death toll from Hurricane Ian, one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the United States, soared above 100 in Florida alone on Monday, officials said. Homes, restaurants and businesses were ripped apart when Ian roared ashore as a powerful Category 4 hurricane on September 26. The confirmed number of storm-related fatalities rose to 102 statewide, the Florida Medical Examiners Commission confirmed in its latest report, with the majority located in the state's southwest. Another five people died in North Carolina, the state's governor has previously reported. After making ...
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Washington (AFP) - After an extreme weather event, such as Hurricane Ian which devastated parts of Florida last month, most Americans choose to rebuild rather than move to less hazardous areas. But as climate change increases the frequency and scale of natural disasters, does US policy need to adapt? Gavin Smith, a professor of environmental planning at the University of North Carolina, worked for several states following major hurricanes, including Katrina in Mississippi (2005) and Matthew in North Carolina (2016). According to him, current reconstruction standards are not up to the challenge...
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Fort Myers (United States) (AFP) - US President Joe Biden flew over the devastation left by Hurricane Ian in Florida on a politically charged trip Wednesday that marked a truce with bitter Republican critic and potential 2024 opponent, Governor Ron DeSantis. The Democrat, accompanied by First Lady Jill Biden, boarded a helicopter at Fort Myers for an aerial inspection of the havoc wreaked in one of the worst storms ever to hit the country. "Everything -- this historic and titanic, unimaginable storm ripped it to pieces," Biden said in a speech after witnessing the destruction. "You've got to s...
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Ponce (Puerto Rico) (AFP) - President Joe Biden toured hurricane-devastated areas of Puerto Rico on Monday, promising the sometimes overlooked US territory that this time, "America's with you." The president and First Lady Jill Biden -- who on Wednesday will also visit the devastation caused by Hurricane Ian in Florida where dozens have died -- headed to Ponce, on the south coast of Puerto Rico, pounded by Hurricane Fiona last month. "We came here in person to show we’re with you –- all of America's with you," he said in televised remarks. "I am committed to this island." Press Secretary Karin...
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Washington (AFP) - President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden head to storm-ravaged Puerto Rico on Monday, in a bid to show solidarity with a US territory whose people have complained of neglect after past natural disasters. The high-profile trip will be the first of two this week for the Bidens, who head on Wednesday to Florida to assess the devastating damage caused by Hurricane Ian. Both Puerto Rico and Florida suffered numerous deaths, widespread power outages, dangerous flooding and grievous property damage from the recent hurricanes of rare intensity -- first Fiona, then Ian. No detai...
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The image of a shark swimming through areas flooded by a hurricane is something that everyone can picture, but pretty much all well-known images of this phenomenon are actually falsified. In the wake of other Hurricanes including Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Katrina, plenty of doctored images of sharks made the rounds online and on the news. It’s an immediately attention-grabbing situation, seeing sea creatures on a regular town block or in your backyard, but not as common as it might seem. In the days following Hurricane Ian in Florida, one viral video clip showed this situation actually ha...
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Fort Myers (United States) (AFP) - The death toll from Hurricane Ian, one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the United States, soared above 40 Saturday, as President Joe Biden heads to Florida later in the week to survey the devastation. Shocked Florida communities were only just beginning to face the full scale of the destruction, with rescuers still searching for survivors in submerged neighborhoods and along the state's southwest coast. Homes, restaurants and businesses were ripped apart when Ian roared ashore as a powerful Category 4 hurricane on Wednesday. The confirmed number of st...
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