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In Puerto Vallarta, about 100 mi (160 km) southeast of the landfall location, the storm surge resulted in an estimated damage total of US$5 million, primarily to hotels. [1] The surge flooded the hotels and other waterfront areas, and extended up to 330 feet (100 m) inland.
The worst of the hurricane's effects occurred between San Blas in Nayarit and Puerto Vallarta in Jalisco, where over 100 people were injured and thousands of homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed. 95% of the buildings in San Blas were damaged, and hundreds of buildings were destroyed along coastal areas of Puerto Vallarta. Recently ...
Severe damage occurred across Jalisco. In Puerto Vallarta, a bridge collapsed into the Cuale River, and buildings near the river were damaged. Overflowing rivers, falling trees, fallen power lines, and landslides prompted the closure of the Guadalajara–Colima highway and the El Grullo-Ciudad Guzmán state highway. At the latter, a landslide ...
Hurricane Lidia was a powerful Category 4 Pacific hurricane that was one of four tropical cyclones to make landfall on the Pacific Coast of Mexico in October 2023. The fifteenth tropical depression, twelfth named storm, eighth hurricane and sixth major hurricane [a] of the 2023 Pacific hurricane season, Lidia originated from a disturbance that developed to the south of Mexico in late September ...
This, alongside effective evacuations, is credited for the relatively low death toll, despite the hurricane's intensity. Several small communities along the path sustained tremendous damage, however. [41] Had the hurricane moved farther east or west, the densely populated areas surrounding Manzanillo or Puerto Vallarta would have suffered a ...
When a tropical storm or hurricane's winds increase by 35 mph or greater in 24 hours or less, it has rapidly intensified. At 9 p.m. on Sunday, local time, John was a tropical depression with 35 ...
In 2002, Hurricane Kenna, a category 5 hurricane, made landfall about 160 km (100 mi) northwest of Puerto Vallarta, and the city suffered some damage from the resulting storm surge. In 1971, Hurricane Lily , a category 1 hurricane, caused serious flooding on the Isla Cuale , prompting the city to relocate all of its residents to the new Colonia ...
Hurricane Orlene was a powerful tropical cyclone that caused minor damage to the Pacific coast of Mexico in October 2022. The cyclone was the sixteenth named storm, ninth hurricane, and third major hurricane of the 2022 Pacific hurricane season. Orlene originated from a low-pressure area off the coast of Mexico.