Hurricane Otis has slammed into Mexico’s southern Pacific coast as a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane, bringing 165 mph winds and heavy rain to Acapulco and nearby towns.
Tourists swim in Acapulco, Mexico, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. Hurricane Otis has strengthened from tropical storm to a major hurricane in a matter of hours as it approaches Mexico's southern Pacific coast where it was forecast to make landfall near the resort of Acapulco early Wednesday.
Otis was about 60 miles north-northwest of Acapulco with its maximum sustained winds decreasing to 110 mph and moving at 10 mph . The center of Otis is expected to move farther inland over southern Mexico through Wednesday night. 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.
Between the internationally known resorts of Acapulco and Zihuatanejo are two dozen small towns and villages perched between the mountains and the ocean.struck the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula to the north.
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