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Mexico: Hurricane Otis weakens
In Mexico, Hurricane Otis, forecast as Category 5, finally weakened after making landfall near Acapulco. Residents were asked to take shelter, and for the moment the damage is mainly material. – (franceinfo)
In Mexico, Hurricane Otis, forecast as Category 5, finally weakened after making landfall near Acapulco. Residents were asked to take shelter, and for the moment the damage is mainly material.
Palm trees blown down by the powerful winds. In the dead of night, Hurricane Otis hits the seaside resort of Acapulco. Confined in their hotel just a few meters from the beach, the tourists film the storm that hits them. Gusts of up to 210 km/h rush inside, the rain sweeps away everything in their path. In the corridors and in the bedrooms, the false ceiling has collapsed and the furniture has been turned upside down.
Residents urged to stay sheltered
Classified in category 5, the most dangerous level, the hurricane grew over the Pacific, and struck the coast of southwest Mexico, at its famous bay of Acapulco. As a precaution, from midnight, all the lights in the city were turned off, plunging more than 700,000 residents into darkness, on orders from the presidency. In a hospital, the windows were shattered. The gusts sweep through the department, threatening the patients. If the strength of the cyclone has weakened this Wednesday evening, October 25, residents are invited to stay sheltered.