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Otis battered Acapulco with winds of 266 km per hour last week, flooding the city, tearing roofs from homes and businesses, submerging vehicles, and severing communications.
Hurricane Otis defied forecasts when it quickly transformed from a tropical storm into a Category 5 storm and slammed into the coastal city of Acapulco.
Hurricane Otis rapidly intensified in power from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane in just 12 hours, leaving residents in the storm’s path little time to prepare.
Storms don’t normally go from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane in a day.
Forecasters warn of a “nightmare scenario” of destructive winds, flooding and mudslides in the Mexican states of Guerrero and Oaxaca.
Heavy rain and flooding caused by Storm Babet prompted Britain’s weather agency to issue a rare red warning in Scotland.
Storm Babet has already dumped more than 23 inches of rain on the region.
The Category 4 storm was expected to unleash heavy rain and likely cause flooding and mudslides in southern Baja California Sur this weekend, forecasters said.
Britain’s weather agency issued its highest alert for parts of Scotland, warning that as much as a month’s worth of rain is expected to fall between Thursday and Friday.
A man has been detained after he started a campfire to make coffee near the city of Villa Carlos Paz and lost control of the flames due to strong winds.