The seaside resort of Acapulco bore the brunt of the hurricane which made landfall early on Wednesday.
Mexican officials are assessing the damage caused by Hurricane Otis, a powerful storm which made landfall on Mexico's Pacific coast on Wednesday.
"The army is bringing machinery and we're going to try to reopen as soon as possible," the president said. Footage shot by tourists on their phones shows debris littering the streets of Acapulco and, buildings with shattered windows and roofs blown off.The ministry of defence said 8,000 soldiers had been deployed to Acapulco and towns along the coast to help with the clear up.
Videos showed guests sheltering in bathrooms and other areas without windows so they would not be injured by flying glass as windows were blown in by the wind.David Hall, who was in Acapulco when the hurricane hit, took photos of flooded streets littered with uprooted palm treesMore than 30% of the homes in the state of Guerrero lost power, plunging entire towns into darkness.
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