Mexico to announce aid plan for Acapulco as search for survivors goes on

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Renaming Cornwallis Street in Nora Bernard's name | SaltWireACAPULCO, Mexico - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday the government would this week set out a plan to aid the stricken city of Acapulco after the beach resort was hammered by a devastating hurricane that killed dozens of people.

The cost of damage from the hurricane could climb as high as $15 billion according to estimates, and Mexico has sent some 17,000 members of the armed forces to keep order and help distribute tons of food and supplies in Acapulco. Otis battered Acapulco with winds of 165 miles per hour on Wednesday, flooding the city, tearing roofs from homes, hotels and other businesses, submerging vehicles, and severing communications as well as road and air connections.

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