'Potentially catastrophic' hurricane makes landfall in Mexico: NHC
Hurricane Otis made landfall early Wednesday near Mexico's Pacific beach resort of Acapulco as a potentially "catastrophic" Category 5 storm, according to the US National Hurricane Center (NHC).
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- Published Date: 10:02 | 25 October 2023
- Modified Date: 10:03 | 25 October 2023
Hurricane Otis made landfall early Wednesday near Mexico's Pacific beach resort of Acapulco as a potentially "catastrophic" Category 5 storm, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
Otis was packing maximum sustained winds of 165 miles (265 kilometers) per hour when it came ashore, the NHC said.