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this Residents of Coyuca de Benitezis one of the most severely affected cities hurricane otisthey accuse support of federal government This natural phenomenon had affected them for less than ten days. Category 5 and most assistance What they received was from civilized society, According to Grupo Formula reporter Israel Aldave.
Osiel Pacheco, the mayor of Coyuca de Benitez, said that after the hurricane passed, 12 people had died and 90% of the houses were damaged.
“Ninety percent of our houses were affected by Hurricane Otis. Here, people built a lot with panels and materials from the area, which are very light, which resulted in most people being affected,” he told “Atando Cabos” added during the interview.
Emma Cruz Ocampo, one of the residents of the Zumpango community, explained that the hurricane caused flooding and water entered the houses. In his case, he lost his refrigerator, stove, most of his furniture, and all his clothes got soaked.
“I don’t even have to wear clothes, what they give away is what we wear. We have no electricity or water.” He said in an interview with reporters.
In addition, he said some civil society figures also brought them food and humanitarian aid. He also said that a resident of Coyuca de Benitez managed to salvage a well in his house, from which water was provided to everyone.
Staff from the National Welfare Secretariat have gone through Zumpango communities to conduct a census and given them a piece of paper to bring them help; however, Emma Cruz Ocampo said they have not been given anything yet. Although they had nothing to eat and not even mattresses to sleep on because they were soaked.
The city’s residents are responsible for cleaning up and rebuilding their homes with what little they have left. As a result of the large amount of water entering the house, there was a large amount of mud; according to Israel Aldaf, several kilograms of mud were strewn all over the streets.
One resident said high water levels caused his refrigerator to fall out of the first-floor ceiling and become lodged between beams.
Aldave also reported on Joaquín López-Doriga’s news program that no health team had arrived in Coyuca de Benítez to carry out fumigation despite a massive mosquito bloom.
In this regard, Coyuca de Benitez Mayor Osier Pacheco said in an interview with Atando Cabos that fumigation work will begin soon to avoid dengue cases in the community, which has been affected by conjunctivitis The impact of the case is mainly on the dust generated by minors removing debris.
Several of the victims were rescued by fishing boats in Coyuca de Benitez
Olga Villafaña, another victim of Coyuca de Benpetes, said that the day Otis struck the city, she climbed onto the roof with her family to prevent the water from destroying them. Towed away, they were found the next day along with other residents. They rescued them on a fishing boat. The authorities offered no help.
“We were locked inside, we put chairs and we went to the kitchen. My 3-year-old grandson, a 17-year-old and my daughter. Suddenly the water came in and there was no light. It wasn’t until dawn that the pangas came to save our people , came to rescue our people. Get out those who were trapped upstairs. They climbed up to the roof because everything was filled with water,” he stressed.
Another victim, Marco Antonio Salinas, said the only support they received from authorities was clearing fallen debris and cutting down trees after Hurricane Otis, but the rest helped Chilpancingo, Humanitarian aid was provided by civil society in Tistrela, Cuernavaca, Petatraco, Atoyac de Alvarez, Tijuana and even the United States.