In photos: "Nightmare scenario" Hurricane Otis mars Acapulco, Mexico (www.axios.com)
from Salamendacious@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 26 Oct 2023 23:44
https://lemmy.world/post/7381315

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.

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Rapidcreek@reddthat.com on 27 Oct 2023 00:06 collapse

As we would say here in Florida, Acapulco got its ass kicked. A direct hit by a Cat 5 is no joke.

Salamendacious@lemmy.world on 27 Oct 2023 01:01 next collapse

I’ve been in minor hurricanes and they were pretty freaky. I absolutely can’t even imagine what getting hit by a cat 5 must be like.

Kbin_space_program@kbin.social on 27 Oct 2023 03:36 collapse

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.