The most powerful hurricane to ever make landfall in Mexico sparks warnings of catastrophic flooding and mudslides.
Hurricane Otis made landfall near Acapulco, Mexico as a powerful Category 5 storm early Wednesday after intensifying from a tropical storm in a matter of hours, stunning forecasters who described the turn of events as a “nightmare scenario.”
More than 1 million people live in Acapulco. Until late Tuesday, the city’s residents and others in harm’s way expected Otis to make landfall as a tropical storm or a Category 1 hurricane.
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