As Otis kept strengthening and neared the coast, forecasters at the National Hurricane Center warned that a 'nightmare scenario' was unfolding.
Otis' center slammed into Mexico's coast near Acapulco at around 12:25 a.m. local time with sustained winds of 165 mph.knocked out all communications and unleashed a "nightmare scenario" in Acapulco in southern Mexico on Wednesday morning. Tracking over the incredibly warm ocean water near the coast, the storm rapidly intensified just before landfall and gave officials and residents little time to prepare.
Otis' center slammed into Mexico's coast near Acapulco at around 12:25 a.m. local time with sustained winds of 165 mph, the National Hurricane Center said. The much weaker storm is now headed inland and is expected to dissipate over southern Mexico by Wednesday night, the center said.
On Tuesday night, the president implored coastal residents of the state of Guerrero, which includes Acapulco, to seek shelter and stay away from rivers, streams and ravines ahead of the storm's landfall. People are helped as they cross a highway blocked by a landslide triggered by Hurricane Otis near Acapulco, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023.Disruptive high-level winds were expected to keep a lid on Otis' strength. But it was a small storm, which made it much more prone to big changes in intensity.
"By the time we had the Hurricane Hunter aircraft fly into the storm afternoon, the data revealed that the storm was about 20 to 30 mph stronger than we would have estimated from just looking at satellite imagery," Brennan told CNN.
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