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27 October 2023Insurance

Major Hurricane Otis in Mexico a ‘monumental miss’ by weather models

Hurricane Otis, the strongest hurricane on record to make landfall on Mexico’s Pacific coastline, was a “remarkable and monumental ‘miss’ or ‘bust’ by all weather models that failed to identify the onset and magnitude of its intensification, according to a report by  Moody’s RMS.

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