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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.
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 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 ...
1 to 2 p.m. – Hurricane Hunters fly through the eye of Otis, discovering it was much stronger than satellites had estimated. Otis nears Category 4 hurricane strength off the coast of Mexico just ...
Hurricane Otis slammed into Mexico's southern Pacific coast as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, bringing 165 mph winds and heavy rain to Acapulco and nearby towns.
After deadly Hurricane Otis made landfall in Mexico, communication with Acapulco was still mostly down. Hundreds of thousands were without electricity. 'Two hours of hell:' At least 27 are dead in ...
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 ...