Category 5 Hurricane Otis makes landfall near Acapulco, Mexico
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 www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/…/250845.shtml
Apparently it built from a tropical storm to a Cat 5 in about 24 hours.
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