Hurricane Otis makes landfall near Acapulco after extreme intensification | Washington Post

Hurricane Otis hits Mexico

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Oct. 25, 2023 (Washington Post) -- Hurricane Otis made landfall overnight near Acapulco, Mexico, as a Category 5 hurricane with 165 mph winds.

The storm rapidly grew from a tropical storm in the morning to Category 5 by evening, the fastest strengthening on record in the northeast Pacific.

Damaging winds were spreading along with heavy rainfall leading to flash flooding, the Hurricane Center wrote in an update.

It warned of “extremely destructive winds near the core during the next few hours” and mudslides in higher terrain.

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