Why Hurricane Otis Caught Many By Surprise
Storms don’t normally go from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane in a day.
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Storms don’t normally go from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane in a day.
Using some of those additional tools, forecasters had started predicting a stronger Otis than the models were suggesting — but they were still forecasting it to top out as a tropical storm.
Hurricane Otis defied forecasts when it quickly transformed from a tropical storm into a Category 5 storm and slammed into the coastal city of Acapulco.
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