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The passage of Hurricane Odile through the Baja California peninsula left streets flooded, houses and hotels destroyed, and various businesses in the area looted.
Mexican authorities will warn that more landslides could occur in the coming days as the storm moves northwest.
The city of San José del Cabo is without potable water and electricity service and there are no communications or land access to its northern zone.
“The whole place is devastated, the windows were destroyed, the trees and electricity cables on the ground,” Mauricio Balderrama, manager of the Cabo Surf Hotel and Spa in San José del Cabo, told Reuters, who later conceded that all his the guests were found safe.
This Monday, dozens of people looted several stores until army troops arrived to arrest them, according to reports.
“I’m taking water for the children and food for the baby. You never know what might happen tomorrow,” Osvaldo López, 41, told reporters as he left a convenience store.
The Mexican government announced the establishment of an airlift to evacuate the miles of tourists who were left stranded by the hurricane.
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These tourists had to stay on a ladder after the storm destroyed the shelter where they were.
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This Monday thousands of visitors and locals left the shelters to appreciate the damage.
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An airlift will be established to evacuate the thousands of stranded tourists.
