Costalegre's Victims of Hurricane Patricia Issue Pleas for Much Needed Aid Mexico News Daily
go to original October 30, 2015

Water has been allowed to stand and stagnate in the homes of those living in Mexico, affected by Hurricane Patricia. In addition to putting on brand new roofs for these families, Operation Blessing is producing liquid chlorine to disinfect the house interiors to prevent mold and disease. (Operation Blessing International)

The unpredictability of Hurricane Patricia’s exact path may have spared the highly populated cities of Manzanillo and Puerto Vallarta, but the area between them, known as Costalegre, was hit for at least two hours by the full force of the record-breaking storm.

The main activities of the inhabitants of the Costalegre area are fishing and ecotourism, based in six small beach villages: Arroyo Seco, Melaque, Barra de Navidad, Boca de Iguana, Tenacatita and La Manzanilla.

It was in that last coastal village, located within the Jalisco municipality of La Huerta, that the newspaper El Universal interviewed some of its residents in the aftermath of the Category-5 hurricane.

...Conditions are bleak: 11 small hotels were damaged, as were many homes. Walls and palapa roofs were blown down and sand covers everything in sight. Unusable mattresses and even a boat litter the streets.

Read the rest at Mexico News Daily

Related: Hurricane Patricia "Profoundly Affected" the Poor - International Aid Organization (Mexico Voices)

Related: Here's How You Can Help Hurricane Patricia Victims in Mexico (Mashable)

'The Mexico Miracle': Prayer Slows Hurricane in Its Tracks (CBN News)

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