Five dead in Guerrero after the impact of ‘John’ as a category 3 hurricane

The authorities They updated this Wednesday the figure of deceased to five after the impact of ‘John’, which made landfall on Monday night as a Category 3 hurricane in the Costa Chica of Guerrero.

The first ones victims reported since Tuesday, are a woman of 37 years old and his son of 10who lost their lives after being trapped by a glide at home in Tlacoachistlahuaca specifically in the colony Saint James the Apostle.

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The third victim is Rufina Lopez, an indigenous woman of the ethnic group Me’phaa who died when a wall collapsed on her in the community of Montero area in the municipality of Malinaltepec The inhabitants recovered his body and took it to the police station.

The fourth deceased is Juan Santana Garzon, a man of 52 years old, who died at home on Tuesday morning while cleaning up his flooded house; he fell and hit his head.

The fifth victim is a young man of 28 years old, who was hit by the collapse of a wall in his house in Ocotitlan in the municipality of Tecoanapa The village commissioner confirmed his death and requested support to recover and bury the body.

Even though the Attorney General’s Office Guerrero has not officially confirmed this latest death, the authorities of Civil defense municipal have already been notified.

On the other hand, the Secretariat of Comprehensive Risk Management and Civil Protection of Guerrero reported that Joanna Pantaleon a 68-year-old woman, was injured in Ocotito municipality of Chilpancingo where she was taken to a hospital after a tree fell on her home.

So far, 102 people have been reported moved to temporary shelters: in Acapulco There are 50 in two shelters, in Igualapa 25, in Copala 12 and in Coyuca de Benitez 15.

In addition, 301 homes have been flooded, of which 300 are in Saint Nicholas and one in Acapulco. The collapse of 150 houses and damage to 250 roofs have also been reported.

On the roads, five have been recorded landslides three of them in Acapulco, one in Jose by Joaquin Herrera and another in Tlacoapa There are also two sinkholes, one in Marquelia and another in Copala.

Likewise, 337 have been reported falling trees, mainly in the municipalities of the Costa Chica, in addition to 14 isolated communities and four sunken vessels in Acapulco.

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Hurricane John is the second cyclone of the Pacific season to make landfall in México, following the passage of the storm Ileana in Sinaloa last week, which left minor damage.

In it Atlantic three cyclones have affected México: the hurricane Beryl and the storm Chris which did not cause damage in July, and the storm Alberto in June, which left six dead in New Leon, on the northern border of the country.

With information from EFE