Hurricane Otis set to hit Acapulco as Category 5 storm

The storm was about 137km away from the popular Mexican resort on Tuesday evening.

Tourists swim in Acapulco, Mexico, where Hurricane Otis is forecast to make landfall early on Wednesday.

Otis was expected to come ashore on Wednesday morning, bringing high winds and heavy rain. It was already a Category 4 hurricane late on Tuesday afternoon, blowing maximum sustained winds of 233 kph, the US National Hurricane Center said. The storm could bring up to 38cm of rain in parts of Guerrero and neighbouring Oaxaca state, possibly causing flash flooding and mudslides, a “life-threatening” storm surge, and surf and rip current conditions, the centre added.

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