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Updated:ACAPULCO, Guerrero — Hurricane Otis slammed into Mexico’s southern Pacific coastearly Wednesday, bringing dangerous winds and heavy rain to Acapulco and surrounding towns, stirring memories of a 1997 storm that killed dozens of people.
Otis was about 25 miles north northwest of Acapulco with its maximum sustained winds decreasing to 130 mph and moving at 10 mph . The center of Otis is expected to move farther inland over southern Mexico through Wednesday night., going from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane in 12 hours Tuesday. Residents of Guerrero’s coast scrambled to prepare, but the storm’s sudden intensity appeared to catch many off guard.
Otis is stronger than Hurricane Pauline that hit Acapulco in 1997, López said. Pauline destroyed swaths of the city and killed more than 200 people. Hundreds of others were injured in flooding and mudslides.This satellite image provided by NOAA on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023, shows Hurricane Otis approaching Mexico's Pacific coast near Acapulco.
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