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Category 5 Hurricane Otis makes landfall near Acapulco, Mexico (edition.cnn.com)

submitted 1 year ago by TuxOfStars to c/news

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From CNN link:

Hurricane Otis made landfall near Acapulco, Mexico, early Wednesday as a Category 5 storm, delivering what forecasters warned could be a “nightmare scenario” for Mexico’s southern coast as it threatens to cause catastrophic damage with destructive winds, heavy rainfall and storm surge.

Otis’ center slammed into Mexico’s coast around 12:25 a.m. local time with sustained winds of 165 mph, the National Hurricane Center said.

and this is the latest advisory from NOAA https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPEP3+shtml/250845.shtml

Apparently it built from a tropical storm to a Cat 5 in about 24 hours.

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[–] alyaza 8 points 1 year ago

Apparently it built from a tropical storm to a Cat 5 in about 24 hours.

correct, and it did so with very little prior warning. already footage from the area is catastrophic--in the history of Mexico, there's never been a hurricane this powerful making landfall from the Pacific.

[–] ninjan@lemmy.mildgrim.com 5 points 1 year ago

"Near"... If that is near I'd start running when they say "In the vicinity of"

[–] heliodorh 1 points 1 year ago

God this is horrific.

[–] alyaza 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

at least 27 now dead according to the Washington Post. i'd assume this will go up substantially since Acapulco is not exactly hurricane resilient and there is catastrophic damage to most of the city

[–] TuxOfStars 1 points 1 year ago

Fuuck. Yeah I think that might be the beginning