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Acapulco was built to withstand earthquakes, but not Hurricane Otis' destructive winds – how...
The Conversation via Yahoo News Singapore· 8 months agoThe best science is not always the best engineering when it comes to building codes. It’s also a...
Sleeping in flooded bathroom floors: How some tourists braved Hurricane Otis in Acapulco
USA TODAY via Yahoo News Singapore· 8 months agoJoseph Namlick went to sleep Tuesday night on the bathroom floor of his hotel room in Acapulco,...
Acapulco cut off by Cat-5 Hurricane Otis which caught forecasters by surprise
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 8 months agoA “nightmare scenario” struck shortly after midnight in the coastal city of Acapulco on Wednesday....
Hurricane Otis leaves 27 dead in Acapulco after devastating Category 5 storm
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 8 months agoAt least 27 people are dead and four are missing in Acapulco after a “nightmare” Category 5...
The year’s most extreme weather shows what a warming planet is capable of, and what’s to come
CNN via Yahoo News Singapore· 6 months agoIn the hottest year on record, the fingerprints of a changing climate in a warming world were all...
Hurricane Otis stuns Mexico, slamming Acapulco with 'brutal' Category 5 strength and cutting off...
LA Times via Yahoo News Singapore· 8 months agoHurricane Otis slammed into Mexico's southern Pacific coast as a catastrophic Category 5 storm,...
Hurricane Otis – latest: Fears grow for people still missing in Acapulco after storm killed 27
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 8 months agoFears are growing for the four people missing in Acapulco after a “nightmare” Category-5 hurricane...
Hurricane Otis unleashes massive flooding in Acapulco, triggers landslides before dissipating
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 8 months agoHurricane Otis tore across Mexico’s southern Pacific coast as a powerful and dangerous Category 5...
Desperation after Acapulco hurricane: 'We no longer have food or water, and no one is helping us'
LA Times via Yahoo News Singapore· 8 months agoMore than two days after Otis struck Acapulco as a Category 5 hurricane, hundreds of thousands of...
Two hours of terror and now years of devastation for Acapulco's poor in Hurricane Otis aftermath
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 8 months agoEstela Sandoval Díaz was huddled in her tiny concrete bathroom, sure these were the final moments of...