Hurricane Otis slammed into Mexico's southern Pacific coast as a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane early Wednesday, bringing dangerous winds and heavy rain to Acapulco and surrounding towns, stirring memories of a 1997 storm that killed dozens of people.
A strong Category 2 storm by Wednesday morning, the hurricane was expected to continue to weaken quickly in Guerrero state's steep mountains. But the 5 to 10 inches of rain forecast, with as much as 15 inches possible in some areas, raised the threat of landslides and floods.Otis was about 60 miles north-northwest of Acapulco with its maximum sustained winds decreasing to 110 mph and moving at 10 mph .
Otis had strengthened rapidly, going from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane in 12 hours Tuesday. Residents of Guerrero's coast scrambled to prepare, but the storm's sudden intensity appeared to catch many off guard. In one, white towels danced high above a hotel's cavernous courtyard like sheets of paper and bed mattresses trembled on balconies, apparently an effort to blunt the storm's winds. Another showed wind and rain howling unimpeded down hotel hallways. While in still another, a family huddled inside a hotel room shower to escape breaking windows and fierce wind.
Otis' arrival came just days after Hurricane Norma struck the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula to the north. In the Atlantic, Hurricane Tammy continued moving northeastward over open water with winds of 100 mph after sweeping through the Lesser Antilles over the weekend. Tammy was located about 540 miles south-southeast of Bermuda. The storm was expected to become a powerful extratropical cyclone by Thursday, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center.The Shopping Trends team is independent of the journalists at CTV News. We may earn a commission when you use our links to shop.
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