The Latest Breaking News from Otis

Why Hurricane Erick has rapidly intensified into an 'extremely dangerous' Category 4 storm

Erick’s explosive growth highlights rising rapid intensification of storms, with climate change a likely contributor.

Euronews · Jun 19, 2025

Here's why Hurricane Erick is quickly strengthening into dangerous storm

Doubling in strength in less than a day and expected to further grow further, Hurricane Erick is chugging through the ideal environment to power up quickly as it approaches Mexico's southern Pacific Coast

The Independent UK · Jun 18, 2025

Hurricane John strikes Mexico’s southern Pacific coast with 'life-threatening' flood potential

Hurricane John has struck Mexico’s southern Pacific coast with life-threatening flood potential

The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2024

A tale of two cities: a month after Hurricane Otis, Acapulco exposes gaps in disaster response

Tourist areas in the Mexican resort city are slowly coming back to life but in poorer neighbourhoods many people lack food and power, and face the threat of disease

The Guardian - UK · Nov 29, 2023

Acapulco races to restart its tourism engine after Hurricane Otis devastates its hotels, restaurants

Three weeks after Hurricane Otis smacked Acapulco, businesses of all types and sizes hum with activity as residents work with a singular purpose: restart as soon as possible the tourism engine of this city of 1 million people

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2023

Acapulco was built to withstand earthquakes, but not Hurricane Otis' destructive winds – how building codes failed this resort city

Acapulco wasn’t prepared when Hurricane Otis struck as a powerful Category 5 storm on Oct. 25, 2023. The short notice as the storm rapidly intensified over the Pacific Ocean wasn’t the only problem – the Mexican resort city’s buildings weren’t designed to handle anything close to Otis’ 165 mph winds.

The Conversation · Nov 7, 2023

‘The children screamed for hours’: horrors of Hurricane Otis leave devastation for Acapulco’s poorest

Mexico’s Pacific coast was battered by 165mph winds and torrential rain on 25 October. Thousands lost their homes and many now have too little food or water to survive

The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2023

Mexico to give interest subsidies, but no loans, to Acapulco hotels destroyed by Hurricane Otis

The Mexican government says it will pay half of interest rates on bank loans to rebuild the 377 hotels destroyed or heavily damaged by Hurricane Otis

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2023

Two hours of terror and now years of devastation for Acapulco's poor in Hurricane Otis aftermath

Hurricane Otis shredded Acapulco, Mexico, last week and tore apart the lives of hundreds of thousands of people

The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2023

3 foreigners confirmed among 45 dead from Hurricane Otis in Mexico, as search for bodies continues

Officials in Mexico say three foreign residents were among at least 45 people who perished when Hurricane Otis hit the resort of Acapulco last week

The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2023