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00:00For residents of Acapulco, it's like reliving a nightmare.
00:04After Hurricane John, the city is under water,
00:07a city that hadn't yet recovered from the havoc of Hurricane Otis just a year ago.
00:13We're desperate.
00:14The federal, municipal and state governments need to look at the situation in Acapulco.
00:19It's very critical.
00:21The water, the floods, the people drowning.
00:25Acapulco is completely destroyed.
00:28Most of the victims reported killed in Mexico were trapped under landslides.
00:34As Hurricane John wrought its devastation there,
00:37on the other side of the Gulf of Mexico,
00:39Hurricane Helen carved a swathe across the southeastern US.
00:44Dozens of people across six states are confirmed dead.
00:47Now communities are picking up the pieces.
00:51I've never seen so many people homeless as what I have right now.
00:55Not in my community.
00:57And the other thing, this is the third storm in a year.
01:01I don't know how much more we can take,
01:03and then they're telling us there's another one out there.
01:05In this region of Florida, many houses are built on stilts to help withstand high waters,
01:11but no home was spared from damage.
01:14This is a coastal town.
01:17It's the cost.
01:19This is the devastation that you go through living in a coastal town.
01:29Some families have been here for generations.
01:32They say despite the risks, they're determined to rebuild.