A three-year-old girl is swept away from her mother in a mudslide as hospitals are flooded, large trees torn up by the roots, roofs ripped off homes and hotels, roads submerged and power lines cut, leaving hundreds of thousands without electricity.
A swathe of destruction left after one of the most powerful storms ever to hit Mexico battered the beach resort of Acapulco, killing at least 27 people, has been laid bare by aerial images. Before and after shots reveal the scale of devastation wrought by Hurricane Otis, which saw the city of nearly 900,000 lashed by winds of 165mph, causing damage estimated to run into billions of pounds.
Mr Lopez, who was at home in Cancun, said: 'I'm very worried for my newborn son.' Erik Lozoya, a professional magician, said he endured 'three hours of terror' with his wife and two baby daughters in an Acapulco hotel room as the hurricane smashed through the windows and swept through the building. The 26-year-old, who barricaded himself in a bathroom with his family and four others, said: 'It literally felt as though our ears were going to explode.
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