Hurricane ‘Otis’, which entered this Wednesday at west coast of mexico As a powerful category five cyclone, it has been losing strength once on land, although it threatens to cause serious damage in several states in the southern zone. Flooding of buildings and hundreds of damages such as cbroken glass and flying objects through the air due to hurricane force wind are some effects of Hurricane Otis, No victims have been reported so far.

According to reports from journalists, tourists and others affected, what could be the hurricane with the greatest impact in the Mexican Pacific since there are records is causing loud roars due to the fury of the wind that makes things fly, such as umbrellas, while torrential rains flood buildings. and cause great destruction in Acapulcoa city of about 800,000 inhabitants located in the state of Guerrero.

In less than 24 hours, Otis went from being a tropical storm to a category 5 hurricanethe highest of these natural phenomena on the Saffir Simpson scale, heading towards the coasts of Guerrero, affecting densely populated areas, which has alerted municipal, state and federal authorities.

The cyclone has entered Mexico about ten kilometers from Acapulco, with maximum winds sustained from 270 kilometers per hour and gusts that could reach 300 kilometers per hour. Once on land, as meteorologists had already predicted, it has gradually deteriorated. The National Coordination of Civil Protection has confirmed that it is already a category two hurricanewith maximum sustained winds of about 175 kilometers per hour.

The Government of Mexico has activated contingency plans in areas at risk, mainly in southern areas. The governor of Guerrero, Evelyn Salgado, has asked “don’t let your guard down” despite the progressive loss of strength of ‘Otis’, a message similar to the one that the Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, had previously conveyed.

In addition, it is estimated that more than half a million Mexicans were left without electricity due to the scourge of the hurricane, as reported this Tuesday by the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE). “The affected users represent 36.7% of the 1.37 million total users in the state of Guerrero,” the CFE said in a statement. The Mexican state electricity company stated that, so far, it has restored service to 40% of the 504,434 users affected by Otis, which remains on land over southern Mexico.

More rain is expected in the south

In the last warning from the National Meteorological Service (SMN), Otis was located on land 20 kilometers south-southeast of San Miguel Totolapan and 160 kilometers north-northwest of Acapulco, towns in the state of Guerrero, which remains with communications problems. . Due to its progress, the SMN warned of “intense” rains in Guerreroof “very strong to occasionally intense” in Michoacán and the State of Mexico and heavy rains” in Morelos, Puebla and Oaxaca.

“Such rains could cause reduced visibility, landslides, flooding or flooding, as well as an increase in river and stream levels,” the SMN warned. They are also planned wind gusts of 120 to 150 kilometers per hourwaves of 3 to 5 meters high and storm tides in the coastal areas of Guerrero.