#Hurricane Otis

[talkethtothehandeth]

⚠️ IMPORTANT AND SERIOUS MESSAGE ⚠️

Hi I don’t care if you don’t live in Mexico please reblog this I have not seen anyone talk about it on here only on tiktok but Mexico got hit with a huge and unexpected category five hurricane (without proper warning or preparation) in Acapulco (an area with around 1 million people) on October 25th and the government is not allowing media coverage. 27 people have died so far.

⚠️ UN MENSAJE MUY IMPORTANTE Y SERIO ⚠️ Repite este mensaje incluso si no vives en México

El 25 de octubre Acapulco (un zona que tiene un millión de personas) fue azotada por un huracán categoría 5 sin la debida advertencia del medios. El gobierno no permite que los medios cubran la historia. 27 personas han muerto hasta el momento.

You can inform yourself donate (puedes aprender donar aquí) here:

Hurricane Otis Recovery

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GoFund Me

I don’t have access to my family who is in contact with people in Mexico but I can post this please reblog it

#personal #médico #acapulco #Acapulco mexico #Mexico #mexicana #mexican government #mexican politics #huracán otis #huracán #hurricane Otis #natural disasters

[fulltimecatwitch]

i know this is not my normal content and i'm fully taking advantage of the fact that this week the world has its eye on Mexico because of the upcoming GP to let you know that Acapulco has just been hit with one of the strongest hurricanes ever recorded in history and has been utterly devasted by Otis. There is no water, no food,no gas and no electricity (therefore no communications). The airport and highway are destroyed, so any way of help or relief will probably take days to arrive.

The damage is catastrophic.

I would truly appreciate it if you could help me spread the info below and if you are in a position to donate please consider doing so

Red Cross link were you can donate:

I will also leave these ones here and update if i find other places where you can donate

thank you in advance !!!

edit: i have not been able to find other places where you can donate money but i did find a lot of donation centers in Mexico City, so i will leave them here in case you live there and want to donate

#mexico #acapulco #hurricane otis #humanitarian aid #mexican gp #mexican gp 2023 #i wasn't going to tag the drivers #but this post is nkt reaching anyone #so fuck it #sergio perez #checo perez #max verstappen #red bull racing #mclaren #lando norris #oscar piastri #ferrari #charles leclerc #carlos sainz junior #formula 1 #williams racing #alex albon #daniel ricciardo #will these be enough to grab your attention ? #signal boost

[crippled-peeper]

It’s a real damn shame the US’s “help” to Mexico right now is focused on the safety of “US citizens” when Mexico’s actual literal military offered to help the US after Katrina and they showed up in force for us. a true shame indeed

#Hurricane Otis #Hurricane Katrina #we are a bunch of callous assholes unless it’s about us apparently #acapulco

[general-pedro]

Pokemon for Guerrero! ⛑️✨

Here are the Pokemon I drew for the ones who helped raise funds to buy groceries & necessities to help the affected by Hurricane Otis in Guerrero!

Thank you! ¡Muchas gracias!

#pokemon #pokemon fanart #hurricane otis #fundraising #art #artist #artists on tumblr #drawing #fanart #digimon #wooper #gatomon #tailmon #agumon #feraligatr #cacturne #absol #aggron #togepi #piplup #scorbunny #goodra #gengar #ditto #gastly #haunter

[datshitrandom]

How to help Mexico in the aftermath of Category 5 Hurricane Otis

On October 25th, at 1am, Mexico was hit by a massive hurricane that erupted into a Category 5 from a tropical storm in a matter of hours and hit Acapulco with a population of nearly 1 million people in the middle of the night with no warning.

Some things that you need to know: Otis, has been the most powerful hurricane on record to hit Mexico's Pacific coast. There was no warning from the media because of the sudden acceleration that caught many by surprise — just 12 hours before making landfall, it surpassed all forecast. There is no media blackout at all, you can look here, here, here, and other media. Help is arriving sporadically since all the roads to the port city were completely destroyed, the city was left virtually isolated from the outside world since Acapulco is at the foot of steep mountains. Otis toppled every power-line pole in the zone, leaving the city without electricity.  Acapulco’s municipal water system was down and around half a million homes lost power. There is a shortage of gasoline, since it was contaminated mainly with water and sand. It could take more than a year for Acapulco — a city where the main economic income comes from tourism — to recover; with no power, gasoline, little cell coverage and all hotels wrecked by the hurricane.

A preliminary analysis found that the cost of Hurricane Otis could be comparable to that of Hurricane Wilma, a hurricane that hit Mexico's Caribbean coast 18 years ago. Losses from that storm amounted to $2.7 billion (2005 dollars). This is a massive disaster and we need all the help we can get. Currently, most funds received will purchase food, water and supplies from Chilpancingo (the nearest city almost 2 hours away) to be transported in and taken to the most hard hit areas first.

Many organizations are now flocking to Acapulco to assist in relief work. You can support their efforts:

CNN Impact Your World

World Central Kitchen Relief Team

Fundación San Ignacio de Loyola

Cruz Roja Mexicana, I. A. P.

If you can donate something please don't go to gofundme, do it through stablished organizations, if you can't please reblog we all can help with a little something.

#acapulco #hurricane otis #natural disasters #mexico #mexican #🇲🇽 #a little signal boost would be appreciated

[pulpa-de-gorila]

⚠️APOYO PARA EL HURACÁN OTIS⚠️/⚠️SUPPORT FOR HURRICANE OTIS⚠️

Para el 29 de octubre han habido 141 muertos estimados por el huracán en el estado de Guerrero (y 48 confirmados), con 7000 hectáreas de daño. Aunado a que NO se transmitió una alerta del desastre en su tiempo debido, el aumento de saqueos y la negligencia del gobierno, urge apoyo desde cualquier parte del mundo.Las cruz roja mexicana está recibiendo donativos. ¡Favor de compartir!

https://www.cruzrojamexicana.org.mx/donacion/65/mxn

As of October 29th there have been 141 estimated deaths from the hurricane in the state of Guerrero (and 48 confirmed), with 7000 hectares of damage. In addition to the fact that a disaster alert was NOT Issued in a timely manner, the increase in looting and government negligence, support is urgently needed from all over the world.The Mexican Red Cross is receiving donations, please share!

https://www.cruzrojamexicana.org.mx/donacion/65/mxn

#pinned post #huracán otis #hurricane Otis #México #Acapulco #Guerrero #donations #Cruz roja

[ceevee5]

“The destruction was so complete that not a single power line pole remained standing in the impact zone … Many of the once sleek beachfront hotels in Acapulco looked like toothless, shattered hulks after the category 5 storm blew out hundreds – and possibly thousands – of windows. In Acapulco, there seemed to be a widespread frustration with authorities. While about 10,000 military troops were deployed to the area, they lacked the tools to clean tons of mud and fallen trees from the streets. Hundreds of trucks from the government electricity company arrived in Acapulco early on Wednesday, but seemed at a loss as to how to restore power, with downed electricity lines lying in feet of mud and water.”

#hurricane otis #acapulco #global warming

[warningsine]

Hotels and homes destroyed, impassable roads and thousands of people cut off. This is how Acapulco, in the Mexican state of Guerrero, has been left after the passage of Hurricane Otis, the most powerful Pacific storm to make landfall on Mexican territory in the last 30 years. The cyclone, which in 12 hours went from a tropical storm to a category 5 hurricane, the highest possible classification, has left the popular tourist destination resembling a war zone with uprooted trees, debris, roofs torn off and buildings without walls. Neither the National Meteorological Service (SMN) nor local and federal authorities were able to predict the intensity of the hurricane. Scientists were also caught by surprise. The speed with which the cyclone intensified was unusual and forced Mexican authorities to issue an evacuation alert for the area just hours before Otis made landfall.

The SMN warned at 12:00 p.m. Tuesday, that the hurricane would reach Acapulco at 6:00 p.m. the following day. However, the storm arrived earlier than expected and devastated the coastal city at 12:25 a.m. Wednesday. Winds of more than 270 kilometers per hour (168 mph) hit the town and the state of Guerrero, one of the poorest in the country, destroying everything in their path. More than 500,000 people were left without electricity, internet and telephone connection in the early hours of the morning and only part of the service has so far been restored. The breakdown of communications has complicated access to the affected areas and there is still no official information on the number of victims and the amount of damage caused, although it is expected that material losses will amount to millions of dollars.

The unusual power of the hurricane has attracted the attention of the scientific community, which links the devastating power of Otis to the El Niño season, a phenomenon associated with changes in the atmosphere and the fluctuation of water temperature in the Pacific. “There is a hypothesis that it could be related to the rise in ocean temperature, which does not mean that there are more hurricanes, but it does mean that when there is one, the cyclone accelerates its formation by taking on more energy under these conditions,” explains Claudia Rojas of the Department of Process Engineering and Hydraulics of the Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM).

There are those who point to a relationship between climate change and the strength of hurricanes, although the scientific community is still investigating the matter. “El Niño is inducing these cyclones to reach high categories. However, it is difficult to attribute the responsibility for Hurricane Otis to climate change,” says Christian Domínguez, a researcher at the Institute of Atmospheric Sciences of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). “What is known on a global scale is that with climate change there will be fewer hurricanes in the Pacific, but they will be more intense,” he adds. “With the information we currently have, it is not so clear that the intensity has to do with climate change because there are not so many historical records, although we have not ruled it out.”

After making landfall, Otis was downgraded to a tropical storm after depositing heavy rainfall in several states in central and southern Mexico. However, the threat has not yet passed. “The risk is not only posed by the strength of the winds. There are more dangers that such a phenomenon can entail, such as landslides and the flooding of rivers and streams,” says Domínguez. In Acapulco, some 20,000 people live in areas susceptible to flooding or landslides. The hurricane season in the Pacific begins around May 15 and ends around November 30, as such Guerrero could still experience the consequences of other cyclones, says Rojas. “Research work has shown that after a prolonged drought, very intense rainfall events occur, as is the case with tropical cyclones that can reach these [high] categories.”

Otis is not the first hurricane in recent years to strengthen so rapidly. In 2015, Tropical Storm Patricia escalated to a Category 5 hurricane in 10 hours. The difference with the current phenomenon was that it did so offshore, and authorities in the states of Jalisco, Colima and Nayarit were able to evacuate 50,000 people before it made landfall. The storm, catalogued by the SMN as “extremely dangerous” and by the media as the “largest in history,” quickly lost strength after making landfall in Mexican territory thanks to the mountainous system of the Sierra Madre Occidental, which eroded the outer ring of the cyclone and prevented greater damage and devastation. Guerrero, in this case, did not have the same luck.

Acapulco International Airport, which receives millions of tourists every year, has been completely flooded and suffered serious damage to its infrastructure, forcing the suspension of all flights. The main highways are also closed, preventing communications with Mexico City. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador had ordered his Security Cabinet to go to the affected area, but on seeing the seriousness of the situation, he decided to personally supervise the rescue efforts himself. The Mexican army has initiated an emergency protocol and 37 shelters have been set up throughout the state for victims.

#mexico #news #hurricane otis

[zwarte-kat-in-de-stad]

Acapulco after hurricane "Otis".

Mexican Red Cross

#Hurricane Otis #Red Cross #Mexico

[prettyporcelainporcupine]

#acapulco #hurricane otis #hurricane #natural disasters

[shinycosmonaut]

Why are there so many ppl who haven't heard about Acapulco, jesus.

#Acapulco #Mexico #Hurricane otis

[memenewsdotcom]

Hurricane Otis deaths rise

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#Acapulco #hurricane #hurricane otis #hurricane season #meme #memes #mexico #natural disaster #nature #news #Otis #weather

[gwydionmisha]

#Hurricane Otis #Tropical Storm #Acapulco #Mexico #Disaster #News

[meteorologistaustenlonek]

"#HurricaneOtis has intensified by 80 mph in the past 12 hours (from 65 mph to 145 mph). That's the fastest 12 hr intensification rate in the eastern North Pacific (to 180°) in the satellite era (since 1966), breaking the old record of 75 mph/12 hr set by Patricia in 2015."

-- #philklotzbach Meteorologist at CSU specializing in Atlantic basin seasonal hurricane forecasts.

#Hurricane Otis #Atlantic Hurricane Season #Pacific Hurricane Season #Rapid Intensification #Hurricane Intensification #Hurricane Satellites

[transparentgentlemenmarker]

Hotel Copacabana Acapulco, Mexico hurricaine Otis october 24 2023

🇲🇽 De catégorie 5 au moment de toucher terre, l'ouragan Otis a fait des ravages à Acapulco au Mexique ! L'étendue des dégâts est considérable 🌀 la tempête à débuter à 23h45 dans certaines parties de la côte. Au vu de la préparation de la Toussaint plusieurs familles se sont regroupées pour les préparatifs souhaitons qu'il n'y aura pas beaucoup de personnes disparues

#hurricane otis

[mexicanistnet]

Acapulco, once ravaged by Hurricane Otis, now stands resilient. With 180 hotels reopened, and vital infrastructure restored, the city welcomes tourists. Yet, shadows of insecurity and the drug trade loom, challenging its newfound vibrancy.

#acapulco #Hurricane Otis