Flights traveling west to east over the Atlantic Ocean this week have had the wind on their side, pushing some landing times up to an hour ahead of schedule.
Hurricane Otis defied forecasts when it quickly transformed from a tropical storm into a Category 5 storm and slammed into the coastal city of Acapulco.
The Category 1 storm landed on Saturday, unleashing heavy rain in western Mexico. It could cause flooding and mudslides in the region this weekend, forecasters said.
A storm system off the East Coast could transition into a tropical storm before bringing strong winds, heavy rain and coastal flooding to parts of the South and Mid-Atlantic this weekend.