Meteorologists from the US say that an extremely dangerous hurricane named Otis, which is a category five storm, has hit southern Mexico.
According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC), Otis made landfall near the popular Acapulco resort just after midnight on Wednesday.
The storm’s winds are expected to reach a speed of 165 miles per hour or 270 kilometers per hour.
The NHC said that there will be very big waves and lots of flooding in coastal areas, including Acapulco.
There is a warning for a hurricane along a 350km area of the coast between Zihuatanejo and Punta Maldonado in Guerrero state.
The National Hurricane Center said that a very dangerous storm surge is expected. This surge could cause severe flooding along the coast where the storm makes landfall and in areas to the east of it.
Close to the coastline, there will be big and harmful waves along with the increase in water level.
The text means that there was a prediction that the storm called Otis would bring a lot of rain, up to 20 inches (or 51 centimeters), on Friday in Guerrero and the western coastal areas of Oaxaca state.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador told people to go to safe places like emergency shelters instead of being near rivers, streams, and ravines.
Before the hurricane comes, the authorities of Guerrero have been getting ready by setting up places where people can go for safety during the storm.
School classes all over the state have also been stopped.
Some areas of Mexico’s Pacific coastline have experienced a lot of flooding recently because of a tropical storm called Max. According to the local news, two people died because of the storm in Guerrero.
A few days later, a man was reported dead after a strong hurricane named Lidia hit the state of Nayarit, which is located to the northwest of Guerrero.