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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.

The 165 mph winds it whipped into Acapulco were stronger than anything Mexico's west coast is known to have endured from a tropical cyclone.

Hurricane Otis strengthened from a tropical storm to a dangerous Category 5 hurricane in a matter of hours Tuesday as it approached Mexico's southern Pacific coast, where it was forecast to make landfall near the resort of Acapulco early Wednesday causing catastrophic damage.

Happening now.Storm Watcher Colin McCarthy on Twitter: In a shocking turn of events, Hurricane #Otis in the Eastern Pacific has unexpectedly, explosively intensified from a tropical storm to a Category 4 hurricane in just 12 hours. Even worse, the storm is expected to make a catastrophic landfall tonight as a Category 5 hurricane near Acapulco,…

Hurricane Otis intensified from a tropical storm to a dangerous Category 5 hurricane in a matter of hours as it drew near Mexico´s southern Pacific coast, projected to cause catastrophic damage.

Residents of Mexico’s once glamorous port of Acapulco and surrounding coastal towns braced for the arrival of the “potentially catastrophic” Hurricane Otis

A study says Atlantic hurricanes are now more than twice as likely as before to rapidly intensify.

With warmer oceans serving as fuel, Atlantic hurricanes are now more than twice as likely as before to rapidly intensify from wimpy minor hurricanes to

A study says Atlantic hurricanes are now more than twice as likely as before to rapidly intensify from wimpy minor hurricanes to powerful and catastrophic in just 24 hours. Thursday’s study says it’s because of warmer ocean water that acts as fuel. The study says in the last 20 years 8.1% of the time storms […]

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