Hurricane Otis slammed into Mexico’s southern Pacific coast as a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane early Wednesday, bringing dangerous winds and heavy rain to Acapulco and surrounding towns, stirring memories of a 1997 storm that killed dozens of people.
Now a Category 4 storm, the hurricane was expected to continue to weaken quickly in Guerrero state’s steep mountains.
But the 5 to 10 inches (13 to 25 centimeters) of rain forecast, with as much as 15 inches (38 centimeters) possible in some areas, raised the threat of landslides and floods.
Otis was about 25 miles (40 kilometers) north-northwest of Acapulco with its maximum sustained winds decreasing to 130 mph (215 kph) and moving at 10 mph (17 kph).
The center of Otis is expected to move farther inland over southern Mexico through Wednesday night.
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