Otis’ Stunning Turn to Monster Pacific Hurricane Kills at Least 27 in Acapulco

Cars cross a flood-damaged avenue after Hurricane Otis ripped through Acapulco, Mexico, on Oct. 25, 2023. Marco Ugarte/AP Photo

ACAPULCO, Mexico—Otis’ stunning transformation into a monster hurricane killed at least 27 people as it devastated Acapulco, officials said Thursday.

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador went by road after the hurricane hit the iconic city on Mexico’s Pacific coast, where at least four people remained missing. He said Otis had toppled every power-line pole in the zone where it hit on Wednesday, leaving much of the city of 1 million without electricity.