Devastating Category 4 Hurricane Otis Sweeps across Southern Mexican Coast

ACAPULCO, Mexico, Oct 25 (Reuters) – Hurricane Otis reached Mexico’s southern coast on Wednesday, with damaging hurricane winds from the now Category 4 storm spreading inland over beach resorts of Acapulco, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.

The hurricane, downgraded from Category 5 earlier in the day, reached land near Acapulco and is moving into Southern Mexico, bringing heavy rainfall and flash flooding with hurricane-force winds, the latest NHC advisory said.

The storm could bring up to 20 inches (51 cm) of rain in parts of Guerrero and Oaxaca states, with the possibility of flash floods and mudslides, a “potentially catastrophic” storm surge, and “life-threatening” surf and rip current conditions, authorities said.

Mexico’s national water agency CONAGUA warned of six-to-eight-meter surf off Guerrero – home to Acapulco – and parts of Oaxaca.

Otis is about 25 miles North-Northwest of Acapulco

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