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Hurricane Emily was a powerful early season tropical cyclone that caused significant damage across the Lesser Antilles, the Caribbean, and Mexico. The fifth named storm of the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season , Emily is one of only two Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes on record in the month of July, along with Hurricane Beryl in 2024.
August 29, 1951: A tropical storm made landfall in the northern part of the peninsula. [7] July 17, 1954: A hurricane made landfall on the peninsula. [8] October 5, 1957: A hurricane made landfall on the peninsula. [9] September 11, 1958: A tropical storm made landfall and passed north-northwest over the peninsula.
e. Hurricane Katrina was a devastating tropical cyclone that caused 1,392 fatalities and damages estimated at $186.3 billion (2022 USD) in late August 2005, particularly in the city of New Orleans and its surrounding area. Katrina was the twelfth tropical cyclone, the fifth hurricane, and the third major hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane ...
In September 2005, units of the Mexican Armed Forces responded to the emergency situations after Hurricane Katrina with aid and assistance, [1][2][3] appearing as a flagged, uniformed force in the United States for the first time since World War II in the 1940s and the first operational deployment of Mexican troops to the U.S. in 159 years. [4][5]
August 21, 2024 at 4:46 PM. A Category 1 hurricane far off the south tip of Mexico's Baja California peninsula could reach Category 3 status as it strengthens nearly 1,000 miles away from land ...
One person was injured. The central Mid-Atlantic Ridge was struck by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake that occurred on January 12. Papua New Guinea was struck by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that occurred on January 14. The Sunda Strait was struck by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that occurred on January 15.
Mexico lies within two seismically active earthquake zones. The Baja California peninsula lies near the boundary of the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate, while southern Mexico lies just north of the boundary between the North American Plate and the Cocos and Rivera tectonic plates. The Cocos Plate is subducting under the North ...
Hurricane Cindy was a tropical cyclone that made landfall in the U.S. state of Louisiana in July 2005. The third named storm of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, Cindy developed from a tropical wave on July 3, off the east coast of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. Soon after, it moved over land before emerging into the Gulf of Mexico.