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Others went on extensive shopping sprees, leaving with more expensive merchandise..
Residents organized themselves with the assistance of friends and family who lived in other areas of Mexico and the United States as cell phone signals started to restore to some portions of the city.Agencies..
The storm that wrecked Mexico's resort city of Acapulco and killed at least 27 people is becoming increasingly desperate in the face of a delayed government response..
Acapulco's recovery, according to some locals, might take a year; without electricity, gasoline, cell service, and hotels damaged by the hurricane, the task appeared insurmountable...
Wednesday saw the arrival of hundreds of vehicles from the government energy company in Acapulco; nevertheless, the downed electricity wires were submerged in feet of water and dirt...
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