ANTICIPATED SCOPE AND SCALE 39,000 HOUSES DAMAGED IN • The most affected states were Guerrero, Michoacan, and Oaxaca, including • John was the tenth tropical cyclone of the 2024 storm season in the Pacific GUERRERO STATE the port of Acapulco, which Hurricane Otis also severely affected in October (usually from May–November). [...] The recurrence • Hurricane John affected 29 municipalities in Guerrero (including 39 urban of storms and hurricanes across the country constrains the recovery of and 18 rural neighbourhoods in Acapulco), 22 in Oaxaca, and at least affected communities and is likely to overwhelm the government response eight in Michoacan (OCHA 30/09/2024; Excelsior 04/10/2024). [...] • The Mayor of Guerrero has announced the need to relocate at least 200 homes from • The first few days of the hurricane affected communications services, hampering the certain neighbourhoods in Acapulco affected by John that are increasingly facing the government and humanitarian response (NMás 02/10/2024). [...] challenging the collection of information and resulting in the possible underreporting of the number of people affected. [...] The state of Guerrero reports high insecurity • According to the Mexican Government, 28.7% of the population in Oaxaca is in moderate levels because of the presence of various criminal groups.
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