Hurricane Otis

Hurricane Otis was a small but very intense and damaging October 2023 tropical cyclone. The storm killed more than 50 people in Southwestern Mexico.[1] It struck early on October 25.

Winds of Otis were 165 miles per hour (266 km/h) when the storm struck.[2] It underwent rapid intensification that was not even forecast to happen with the storm.[3] 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.[4] 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.