Hurricane Lee is still a powerful category 3 storm but at one point was a Category 5 hurricane.
Otis had strengthened rapidly, going from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane in just 12 hours on Tuesday.early Wednesday, bringing dangerous winds and heavy rain to Acapulco and surrounding towns, stirring memories of a 1997 storm that killed dozens of people.
Mexican authorities provided no immediate damage assessments as heavy rain continued to pound the area, but local media reported widespread power outages across Acapulco. Videos from hotel guests in Acapulco posted to X, formerly known as Twitter, as the storm came ashore showed blinding horizontal rain and howling winds.
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