Hurricane Otis made landfall directly on Acapulco, Mexico, as a violent Category 5 storm on Wednesday, killing at least 27 people and causing extensive damage to the beach resort city.
Hurricane Otis made landfall directly on Acapulco, Mexico, as a violent Category 5 storm on Wednesday, killing at least 27 people and causing extensive damage to the beach resort city.
The really scary bit is 24 hours before landfall it was a tropical storm.
In 12 hours it went from tropical storm to a cat 4, going from 105kph to 233kph, then climbing up to 270kph winds before landfall.