Hurricane Otis shocked even experts with its surprising explosion from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane in just 12 hours last week as it approached Acapulco, Mexico and made landfall on Oct.

HOUSTON — Otis underwent an extraordinary period of rapid intensification over the last 24 hours before making landfall along Mexico's Pacific coast as a catastrophic category 5 storm hurricane. As of ...

Hurricane Otis made landfall near Acapulco, Mexico early Wednesday morning with maximum sustained winds of 165 mph -- making Otis the strongest hurricane to make landfall in Mexico. While that fact in ...

Hurricane Otis weakened slightly to a Category 4 storm as it moved inland towards Southern Mexico after making a Category 5 landfall near the coastal resort city of Acapulco. People stand on the beach ...