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Tropical Storm Otis forecast to strengthen to hurricane before landfall near Mexico's Acapulco

Published:Tuesday | October 24, 2023 | 10:54 AM
Residents watch a canal flooded by the rains of Hurricane Norma in La Paz, Mexico, Sunday, October 22, 2023. Hurricane Norma made landfall near the resorts of Los Cabos at the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula on Saturday afternoon, then later weakened to a tropical storm over land. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Otis strengthened early Tuesday as it approached Mexico's southern Pacific coast and was forecast to become a hurricane before making landfall near the resort of Acapulco late Tuesday or early Wednesday.

The US National Hurricane Center said that Otis was about 155 miles (250 kilometres) south-southeast of Acapulco on Tuesday morning with winds of 70 mph (110 kph). It was moving north-northwest at 8 mph (13 kph).

There was a hurricane warning in effect from Lagunas de Chacahua to Zihuatanejo.

Otis was expected to dump five to 10 inches of rain on the southern state of Guerrero with as much as 15 inches possible in some areas. That raised the possibility of mudslides in Guerrero's steep mountainous terrain.

In the Atlantic, Hurricane Tammy continued moving northeastward over open water with winds of 75 mph (120 kph) after sweeping through the Lesser Antilles over the weekend. Tammy was located about 580 miles (935 kilometres) south-southeast of Bermuda.

The storm was expected to weaken by Thursday, according to the US National Hurricane Center.

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