May 12, 2009

Tropical Storm Karina

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A disturbance tracked into the eastern Pacific near the end of August. It slowly organized itself, and was determined to have become Tropical Depression Eleven on the morning of September 2 and became a tropical storm that day and was named Karina. At first it was thought that it skipped tropical Depression status. On the afternoon of September 2 it reached it peak of 40 mph. Karina weakened to a tropical depression later the same day. The depression dissipated late the next morning.

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Active Dates : September 2, - September 3, 2008
Highest winds : 40 mph (65 km/h) (1-minute sustained)
Lowest pressure : 1000 mbar (hPa; 29.53 inHg)
Fatalities : None reported
Damage : None
Areas affected : Socorro Island
 

April 25, 2009

Tropical Depression Five-E (2008)

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Tropical Depression Five-E was a strong tropical depression which made landfall along the south-western Mexican coastline. It was the fifth tropical cyclone of the 2008 Pacific hurricane season. The depression developed out of a weak tropical wave which formed off the coast of Africa on June 23. The wave remained poorly organized throughout its journey through the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. It produce minor showers over a few countries as it moved through the Caribbean.

 

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Active Dates : July 5, - July 7, 2008
 
Highest winds : 35 mph (55 km/h) (1-minute sustained)
 
Lowest pressure : 1005 mbar (hPa; 29.68 inHg)
 
Fatalities : None reported
 
Damage : Minimal
 
Areas affected : Southwestern Mexico
 

April 16, 2009

Hurricane Jova 2005

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After two weeks of calm, Tropical Depression Ten-E formed late on September 11 well south-southwest of the Baja California Peninsula and headed almost due west. Late on September 14, the depression strengthened and was upgraded to tropical storm status. It strengthened further to hurricane status early on September 16. On September 18 it crossed meridian 140°W, becoming the first hurricane in about three years to be in the forecast area of the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Jova soon strengthened to a major hurricane, the first one to exist in the Central Pacific since Ele in 2002. It weakened as it steered to the northeast of Hawaii’s, weakening to a tropical storm on September 22 and to a tropical depression on September 23 before finally dissipating on September 24.

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Active Dates : September 12 , - September 25, 2005
 
category : Category 3 Hurricane
 
Highest winds : 125 mph (205 km/h) (1-min)
 
Lowest pressure : 951 mbar (hPa)
 
Damage : Unknown
 
Areas affected : Hawaii
 

April 9, 2009

Hurricane Norbert 2008

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Hurricane Norbert is the strongest storm in the 2008 Pacific hurricane season. Norbert was the fifteenth tropical cyclone, fourteenth named storm, seventh hurricane of the season, and second major hurricane of the season. Norbert has claimed at least eight lives after making its final landfall in the Mexican state of Sonora as a category 1.

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Active Dates : October 3, - October 12, 2008
 
category : Category 4 Hurricane
 
Highest winds : 135 mph (215 km/h) (1-minute sustained)
 
Lowest pressure : 945 mbar (hPa; 27.91 inHg)
 
Fatalities : 8 confirmed
 
Damage : Unknown
 
Areas affected : Baja California Sur, mainland Mexico, and Texas
 

March 19, 2009

Tropical Storm Barbara 2007

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Tropical Storm Barbara (2007), it was the first tropical Cyclone to be ocurred in the Pacific Hurricane season of 2007 and second storm of the year. Barbara emerged from a small low pressure at around 235 miles in southeast of Acapulco, Mexico on 29th May.

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Active Dates

:

May 29, - June 2, 2007

category

:

Tropical Storm

Highest winds

:

50 mph (85 km/h) (1-minute sustained)

Lowest pressure

:

1000 mbar (hPa; 29.53 inHg)

Fatalities

:

None reported

Damage

:

$55 million (2007 USD)
$57 million (2009 USD)

Areas affected

:

Southeast Mexico, Guatemala