Aid has been slow to arrive. The Category 5 storm’s destruction cut off the city of nearly 1 million people for the first day and it intensified so quickly on Tuesday that little to nothing had been staged in advance.
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How off-the-charts global warmth may have strengthened Hurricane Otis
The 165 mph winds it whipped into Acapulco were stronger than anything Mexico’s west coast is known to have endured from a tropical cyclone.
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Hurricane Otis unleashes massive flooding in Acapulco, triggers landslides before dissipating
While little is known about possible deaths or the full extent of the damage, experts are calling Otis the strongest storm in history to make landfall along the Eastern Pacific Coast.
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Hurricanes are now twice as likely to zip from minor to whopper than decades ago
When storms rapidly intensify, especially as they near land, it makes it difficult for people in the storm’s path to decide on what they should do – evacuate or hunker down.
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Tropical Storm Ophelia off the mid-Atlantic coast producing winds just below hurricane force
Forecasters said Ophelia was about 90 miles south of Cape Lookout, North Carolina, and heading north-northwest at 12 mph., on Friday night.
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Tropical storm warning issued for East Coast ahead of potential cyclone
The tropical storm warning is in effect from Cape Fear, North Carolina, to Fenwick Island, Delaware.
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Hurricane Tracker: Follow Lee as it goes by Maine
Down East region to bear the brunt as the storm passes Saturday.
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Hurricane Lee swirls through open waters on a path to Atlantic Canada
Still north of Puerto Rico, Lee was generating dangerous surf and rip currents, conditions that are expected to spread to the U.S. East Coast.
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Hurricane Lee barrels through Atlantic after becoming season’s first Category 5 storm
Lee is expected to strengthen and reach winds of up to 180 mph.
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Hurricane Lee charges through open Atlantic waters as it approaches northeast Caribbean
Hurricane Lee is whirling through open waters as forecasters warn it could become the first Category 5 storm of the Atlantic season.