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ACAPULCO, MEXICO - OCTOBER 25: A car is seen sunk after hurricane Otis hit Acapulco on October 25, 2023 in Acapulco, Mexico. Otis made landfall through the coast of Acapulco around midnight of October 25 as a category 5 storm. President Lopez Obrador reported that communications were interrupted in the city, power lines were down affecting almost a million people, infrastructure is severely damaged and the roads to the port present important damages. Hurricane Otis degraded to category 2 after reaching land. (Photo by Oscar Guerrero Ramirez/Getty Images)

UPDATE: Hurricane Otis Leaves 27 Dead In Mexico, Category 5

At least 27 dead and four others are now missing after Hurricane Otis hit Acapulco, a city on the Pacific Coast of Mexico, making landfall as a Category 5 hurricane.

This satellite image provided by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Lee, right, in the Atlantic Ocean on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023, at 4:50 p.m. EDT. (NOAA via AP)

Hurricane Lee Increases To Powerful Category 5

Hurricane Lee has been upgraded to a Category 5 storm over the Atlantic Ocean, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) announced on Thursday.

TOPSHOT - Winds lash the coastal city of Fajardo as Hurricane Maria approaches Puerto Rico, on September 19, 2017. - Maria headed towards the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico after battering the eastern Caribbean island of Dominica, with the US National Hurricane Center warning of a "potentially catastrophic" impact. (Photo by Ricardo ARDUENGO / AFP) (Photo by RICARDO ARDUENGO/AFP via Getty Images)

How Are Hurricanes Named?

With at least four major hurricanes projected for the 2023 Atlantic season, some are left wondering who decides to name the storms and how they’re named in the first place.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis places his hand on his heart as the US national anthem is sung during the first Republican Presidential primary debate at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on August 23, 2023. (Photo by Pedro Ugarte / AFP) (Photo by PEDRO UGARTE/AFP via Getty Images)

DeSantis Declares State Of Emergency For 33 Florida Counties To Prepare For Tropical Storm

Florida Governor and GOP presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis issued a state of emergency for a large portion of his state on Saturday as a potential tropical storm brewed in the Gulf of Mexico.

A technician of the National Seismological Center (CSN) of the University of Chile, organization in charge of monitoring the seismic activity in the Chilean territory, works in Santiago, August 4, 2017. Chile has put the San Ramon geological fault capable of destroying the eastern zone of Santiago- under vigilance to try to figure out how this potentially elevated seismic source behaves. (Photo by CHRISTIAN MIRANDA / AFP) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY GIOVANNA FLEITAS (Photo by CHRISTIAN MIRANDA/AFP via Getty Images)

5.1 Earthquake Strikes Southern California Region Amid Storm Hilary

As residents in Southern California braced for a tropical summer storm on Sunday afternoon, they were not expecting to also be hit with a magnitude 5.1 earthquake on the same day.