The impact this morning of Otis on the Costa Grande of Guerrero has been devastating. The storm made landfall around 00:45 in Acapulco as a category 5 hurricane, the highest level on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with sustained winds of 260 kilometers per hour and waves up to 10 meters high. Its passage has caused broken roads, fallen trees and landslides on the highway that reaches Acapulco. At 09.00 Otis It has been downgraded to level 1 within the State. The human losses are unknown, since the president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, explained in his morning conference that “communications have been completely lost” on the coast between the municipalities of Tecpan de Galeana and Acapulco.
The president has stated that during the day they will try to recover the connection with the area through which the hurricane passed. Otis It continues its advance towards the interior of Guerrero and at 09:00 it was located 20 kilometers south of the city of Altamirano in category 1, according to the latest report from the National Meteorological Service (SMN). With that force, the winds reach 150 kilometers per hour.
The SMN has warned that torrential rains are expected this Wednesday in Guerrero, the most affected region, where winds of 150 kilometers per hour will continue. Intense rainfall is forecast in Michoacán and the southwest of the State of Mexico, which will be very strong in Chiapas, Morelos and Oaxaca.
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