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Hurricane Otis leaves a trail of destruction in the Pacific beach resort of Acapulco with damaged buildings, fallen trees and vehicles after coming ashore overnight as a Category 5 storm. IMAGES
Hurricane Norma strengthened to a Category 3 storm as it approaches a tourist hotspot on Mexico's Pacific coast. The hurricane -- which at one point was a Category 4 out of five on the Saffir-Simpson scale -- is now packing maximum sustained winds of 195 kilometers per hour (120 miles per hour), the US National Hurricane Center says in its latest update. IMAGES
Strong winds hit the popular beach resort of Puerto Vallarta on Mexico's Pacific coast as Hurricane Lidia makes landfall as an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm, threatening to bring flooding and mudslides according to forecasters. Lidia came ashore near Puerto Vallarta packing maximum sustained winds of around 140 miles (220 kilometers) per hour, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. IMAGES
Satellite images captured by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows "extremely dangerous" Category 4 Hurricane Ida nearing the coast of Louisiana, in the Gulf of Mexico. The hurricane made landfall later in the day, 16 years to the day after Hurricane Katrina devastated the region. IMAGES
Cancun, Aug 18 (EFE).- The state of Quintana Roo, famous for its beach resort Cancun, was bracing on Wednesday for category 1 Hurricane Grace, likely to land Thursday on the Mexican Caribbean coast. Grace will hit the Mexican state with winds up to 45 mph late on Thursday, according to local authorities. (Camera: LOURDES CRUZ).SHOT LIST: RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF CANCUN, STATE OF QUINTANA ROO, MEXICO, PREPARE FOR THE ARRIVAL OF HURRICANE 'GRACE'.