The Hurricane Otis Forecast Bust And An Important Lesson
Yes, the intensity forecast for Hurricane Otis was a bust. They key lesson that we should take away from the disaster in Acapulco, Mexico.
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Yes, the intensity forecast for Hurricane Otis was a bust. They key lesson that we should take away from the disaster in Acapulco, Mexico.
More than two dozen people were killed and three were missing after the most powerful hurricane to hit the Pacific coast of Mexico turned a popular tourist destination into a scene of mass devastation, shocking forecasters and government officials with its intensity.
Photographs and videos showed ravaged hotel rooms, doors ripped from hinges and furniture scattered throughout city streets.
The storm was one of the strongest ever to hit the southwest coast, but the extent of the destruction in Acapulco and elsewhere was unclear early Thursday.
Hurricane experts were shocked by how quickly the storm intensified.