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Tropical Storm Otto Nears Hurricane Strength; Forecast to Make Very Rare Thanksgiving Hurricane Central America Landfall
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Otto is near hurricane strength in the Caribbean Sea.
Otto will landfall in either Nicaragua or Costa Rica as a hurricane on Thanksgiving Day.
Heavy rain, flooding and mudslides are the greatest concerns for Central America.
This could be a record latest-in-season hurricane landfall in Nicaragua.
Otto could be the first hurricane landfall in 174 years of records in Costa Rica.
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