"Hurricane Otis Makes Rare Category 5 Landfall Near Acapulco, Mexico"

"Hurricane Otis made rare Category 5 landfall near Acapulco, Mexico, early Wednesday morning after it underwent explosive rapid intensification on Tuesday.

O​tis roared ashore at 1:25 a.m. CDT with maximum sustained winds of 165 mph near Acapulco, a metropolitan area of around 1 million residents.

"There are no hurricanes on record even close to this intensity for this part of Mexico," the National Hurricane Center said in its Tuesday evening discussion."

Weather Channel had the story October 25, 2023.