Hurricane Otis

Otis after reaching peak intensity making landfall in Acapulco.

Hurricane Otis was a small but very intense and damaging October 2023 tropical cyclone. The storm killed more than 50 people in Southwestern Mexico. It struck early on October 25.

Winds of Otis were 165 miles per hour (266 km/h) when the storm struck. It underwent rapid intensification that was not even forecast to happen with the storm. It made landfall near Acapulco. It was the most intense eastern Pacific hurricane to ever strike anywhere in this region.

Early damage reports showed Otis might have caused $15 billion overall in Mexico. Other damage reports indicate more than that.[source?]

References

  1. ↑ "Es oficial, deja Otis 50 muertos" [It's official, Otis leaves 50 dead]. El Mañana (in Spanish). November 23, 2023. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Hurricane OTIS". www.nhc.noaa.gov. Retrieved October 28, 2023.
  3. ↑ Masters, Jeff; Henson, Bob (October 25, 2023). "Why did Hurricane Otis get so strong, so fast? » Yale Climate Connections". Yale Climate Connections. Retrieved October 28, 2023.
  4. ↑ Cota, Isabella (October 26, 2023). "Las pérdidas económicas por 'Otis' en Guerrero rondan los 15.000 millones de dólares" [The economic losses due to 'Otis' in Guerrero are around 15,000 million dollars]. El País México (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved October 28, 2023.