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After Hurricane Otis escalated into a Category 5 storm last night (24 October), concerns over the safety of travel to Mexico and the risk of further natural disasters have risen.
Otis strengthened from a tropical storm into a major hurricane before it slammed into Mexico’s coast at around 12.25am local time with sustained winds of 165 mph, the National Hurricane Center said.
9 p.m. – 160 mph Category 5 hurricane: The hurricane center warns “a nightmare scenario is unfolding for southern Mexico this evening with rapidly intensifying Otis approaching the coastline.”
Hurricane Otis was a compact but very powerful tropical cyclone which made a devastating landfall in October 2023 near Acapulco as a Category 5 hurricane. Otis was the first Pacific hurricane to make landfall at Category 5 intensity and surpassed Hurricane Patricia as the strongest landfalling Pacific hurricane on record. The resulting damage ...
Mexican officials arrived in Acapulco to find a city ripped apart by a record-breaking Category 5 hurricane. At least 27 people are dead and 80% of the city’s hotels have been impacted.
Hurricane Otis made landfall near the coastal city of Acapulco, Mexico
Hurricane strength have been ranked using the Saffir-Simpson scale since 1972, from a minimal hurricane as a Category 1 to the most powerful as a Category 5. The most recent Category 5 hurricane to hit Mexico was Hurricane Otis in 2023, which was also the costliest Mexican hurricane.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Otis has maximum sustained winds of 160 mph (260 kph) late Tuesday evening. Hurricane Otis now a catastrophic Category 5 storm off Mexico's Pacific coast ...