Hurricane John triggered continuous rain, causing severe disasters in south Mexico's Guerrero state.
The storm's devastating impact has caused significant secondary disasters such as floods and waterlogging in the Mexican state of Guerrero. So far, at least 22 people died in states such as Oaxaca, Guerrero, and Michoacan.
Chilpancingo, state of Guerrero, is one of the cities most severely affected. The northern and downstream areas of Chilpancingo have suffered the most severe damage.
After the hurricane had passed, five consecutive days of heavy rain caused the Huacapa River, the main river of Chilpancingo, to be unable to withstand the immense precipitation, leading to floods and waterlogging.
Residents living downstream in the city have lost almost everything after the hurricane passed through. According to reports, two people have already lost their lives due to flooding in the capital alone. Local residents and the government are working hard to clean up the affected communities.
The life of nearly 3,800 residents in Guerrero has been affected. While Guadalupe Cayetano, a local resident, did not lose her house, the flood washed away a significant portion of her belongings.
"Local residents heard the government said, 'the hurricane has passed, we won't have any greater danger'. However, as everyone can see, it has turned out like this again," she said.
Cayetano refused to leave her home, and she hopes to quickly restore her normal life. However, she had to sleep at other relatives' homes for several nights, while other residents chose to go to the nearby temporary shelters set up by the government.
"We indeed panicked due to the hurricane, as we saw the entire state of Guerrero being submerged by floods, with many families losing contact. Many bridges collapsed. We don't even know where to go next to live," said Angelica Perez, another local resident.
Hurricane John wreaks havoc in Mexico's Guerrero state
Exhibitors, buyers and guests from different countries and from all walks of life have reaped fruitful gains from the 7th China International Import Expo (CIIE), anticipating "overflow effect" from the popular platform and a steady flow of opportunities.
With a theme of "New Era, Shared Future", the six-day expo attracted about 3,500 global exhibitors from 129 countries and regions to its business exhibition.
Among the exhibitors, about 297 are Global 500 companies or industry leaders, setting a new record. More than 400 new products, technologies, and services were showcased by multinationals at this year's CIIE.
"We believe that CIIE is an excellent platform for us to present our latest technologies and products and our latest achievements in sci-tech research. It also allows us to demonstrate the joint efforts between us and our partners, and the process of turning these research results into mature commercial products," said Li Yonggang, technical marketing director of Qualcomm China's marketing department.
The seventh CIIE saw signing of tentative deals worth a total of 80.01 billion U.S. dollars for one-year purchases of goods and services, a 2 percent increase over last year's CIIE. The area booked for the next CIIE exhibition zone exceeded 100,000 square meters.
These figures demonstrate strong confidence from global enterprises in both CIIE and the Chinese market. Exhibitors this year are also eager to leverage the "overflow effect" of CIIE, expecting it to bring further opportunities for growth in China.
"CIIE really demonstrates China's commitment to high level openness but also to drive this open economy and to make sure that there is a building of cross fertilization in terms of innovative approaches and to make sure there is a forum here to showcase those and to make sure that together we can really make the difference for healthy China 2030," said Anna Van Acker, senior vice president of MSD.
Exhibitors reap benefits at 7th CIIE, eyeing more future opportunities