Hurricane Otto

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Hurricane Otto
Category 3 major hurricane ( SSHWS / NWS )
Hurricane Otto nearing landfall in southern Nicaragua at peak intensity on November 24
Formed November 21, 2016
Dissipated November 26, 2016
Highest winds 1-minute sustained : 115 mph (185 km/h)
Lowest pressure 975 mbar ( hPa ); 28.79 inHg
Fatalities 23 total
Damage $34 million (2016 USD )
(Costa Rica total only)
Areas affected Panama , Costa Rica , Nicaragua
Part of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season and 2016 Pacific hurricane season

Hurricane Otto was a strong tropical cyclone in November 2016. The storm was the southernmost hurricane on record to hit Central America . It was also the first Atlantic storm to survive the crossover into the Pacific Ocean since Hurricane Cesar-Douglas in 1996.

Otto started late on November 21 in the southwest Caribbean Sea .

Costa Rica , southern Nicaragua and Panama had heavy damage from the storm.

At least 23 people died because of Hurricane Otto.