Hurricane Otis hit the southern coast of Mexico
- Hurricane Otis made landfall on the southern coast of Mexico.
- Hurricane Otis killed 27 people and damaged the beach resort of Acapulco.
- It is a category 5 storm with a wind speed of 270 kilometres per hour.
- It flooded streets which submerged cars and cut communications.
- The government declared a state of emergency in the region.
- Mexican authorities said Otis is the most powerful storm to strike Mexico’s Pacific coast.
- A cyclone is a very low-pressure system with very high-speed winds revolving around it. The centre of a cyclone is called the eye of the storm.
- A cyclone is called a ‘hurricane’ in the American continent.
