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Hurricane Otis now a catastrophic Category 5 storm off Mexico’s Pacific coast nearing Acapulco

Outlet: Associated Press

27 Oct, 2023

Associated Press: Colorado State University hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach said via X that Otis had intensified Tuesday by 80 mph in the past 12 hours from 65 mph to 145 mph. “That’s the fastest 12 hr intensification rate in the eastern North Pacific” since 1966.

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