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Baja California Sur, [a] officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California Sur, [b] is the least populated state and the 31st and last state to be admitted to Mexico, in 1974. It is also the ninth-largest Mexican state in terms of area.
[29] [24] The port suffered MX$10 million (US$530,000) in losses following a five-day shutdown of its operations. [30] Rosa caused widespread coastal flooding near San Felipe and damaged archaeological sites. [31] In Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, rainstorms triggered power outages and floods swept away vehicles. [32]
The list of Baja California Peninsula hurricanes includes all of the tropical cyclones that impacted the Baja California Peninsula, which includes the Mexican states of Baja California and Baja California Sur. In the period 1951 to 2000, Baja California had one hurricane and three tropical storms make landfall.
Hurricane Norma was one of four tropical cyclones to strike the Pacific Coast of Mexico in October 2023. The seventeenth tropical depression, fourteenth named storm, ninth hurricane and seventh major hurricane [a] of the 2023 Pacific hurricane season, Norma developed from an area of low pressure that formed off the coast of southern Mexico on October 15, 2023.
Although the storm never made landfall as a tropical storm, it did bring squally weather and flooding to Mexico, mainly the state of Baja California Sur and the state of Sinaloa. Jesús Enrique Campos Medina, a 14-year-old boy, got caught in the flooding in his hometown of Culiacán by the wind and downpours of Tropical Storm Gil.
Hurricane Odile is tied for the most intense landfalling tropical cyclone in the Baja California Peninsula during the satellite era. [1] Sweeping across the peninsula in September 2014, Odile inflicted widespread damage, particularly in the state of Baja California Sur, in addition to causing lesser impacts on the Mexican mainland and Southwestern United States.
Western Mexico, Baja California Sur ≥ $737,000 8 John August 5–10 Category 2 hurricane 110 (175) 964 Western Mexico, Baja California Sur, Southern California: $940,000 None Kristy August 7–12 Tropical storm 70 (110) 991 None None None Lane: August 15–28 Category 5 hurricane 160 (260) 926 Hawaii ≥ $250 million 1 Miriam
[6] [7] The Baja California peninsula, the Gulf of California (also known as the Sea of Cortez), and the states of California, Baja California and Baja California Sur, bear the name today. From 10 January 1854, to 8 May 1854, La Paz served as the capital of William Walker's Republic of Sonora. The project collapsed due to lack of US support and ...