The 1959 Mexico Hurricane was a devastating tropical cyclone that impacted the Pacific coast of Mexico in October 1959, and is the strongest known landfall by an East Pacific hurricane. It killed over 1000 people, making it one of the worst hurricanes of the 1950s. Jump to: navigation, search October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 69 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 63 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Colima is a state in western Mexico. ... Jump to: navigation, search Jalisco is one of the 31 states of the United Mexican States (Mexico). ... Jump to: navigation, search The 1950-1969 Pacific hurricane seasons all began on May 15, 1950-69 in the northeast Pacific Ocean and on June 1, 1950-69 in the central Pacific. ... Jump to: navigation, search Cyclone Catarina, a rare South Atlantic tropical cyclone viewed from the International Space Station on March 26, 2004. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about weather phenomena. ... Jump to: navigation, search // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the height of the...

Storm history

The fifteenth known hurricane of the 1959 season was first noticed on October 23, south of Mexico. As it was already a Category 1, it probably formed a little bit earlier than this date. It took the usual northwesterly track for hurricanes in the eastern Pacific. It steadily intensified, becoming a major hurricane on October 25, and Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson Scale the next day. Jump to: navigation, search The 1950-1969 Pacific hurricane seasons all began on May 15, 1950-69 in the northeast Pacific Ocean and on June 1, 1950-69 in the central Pacific. ... Jump to: navigation, search October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 69 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale is a scale classifying hurricanes by the intensity of their sustained winds, developed in 1969 by civil engineer Herbert Saffir and National Hurricane Center director Bob Simpson. ... Jump to: navigation, search October 25 is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 67 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale is a scale classifying hurricanes by the intensity of their sustained winds, developed in 1969 by civil engineer Herbert Saffir and National Hurricane Center director Bob Simpson. ...

This was followed by a turn to the northeast. It continued to intensify, and became a Category 5 on October 27. It smashed ashore close to Manzanillo and the Colima–Jalisco border. Weakened greatly by landfall, it dissipated over central Mexico on October 29. Jump to: navigation, search October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 65 days remaining. ... Manzanillo is a city in the state of Colima, Mexico, located at 18. ... Colima is a state in western Mexico. ... Jump to: navigation, search Jalisco is one of the 31 states of the United Mexican States (Mexico). ... Jump to: navigation, search October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 63 days remaining. ...

Impact

The hurricane had devastating effects on the places it hit. Storm surge and wind killed at least 1000 people, and probably more than 1800. The storm sank three merchant ships. A quarter of the homes in Cihuatlán were totally destroyed, leaving many homeless.

The hurricane also dumped heavy rains along its path. This water-logged the hills near Minatitlán, and contributed to huge mudslide that claimed 800 more victims. The slide uncovered hundreds of venomous scorpions and snakes, which killed tens of more people in the aftermath. Jump to: navigation, search Mudslide in La Conchita, California A mudslide is a landslide of mud. ... Jump to: navigation, search Superfamilies Pseudochactoidea Buthoidea Chaeriloidea Chactoidea Iuroidea Scorpionoidea See the classification section for families. ... Jump to: navigation, search Superfamilies and Families Henophidia Aniliidae Anomochilidae Boidae Bolyeriidae Cylindrophiidae Loxocemidae Pythonidae Tropidophiidae Uropeltidae Xenopeltidae Typhlopoidea Anomalepididae Leptotyphlopidae Typhlopidae Xenophidia Acrochordidae Atractaspididae Colubridae Elapidae Hydrophiidae Viperidae Snakes are cold blooded legless reptiles closely related to lizards, which share the order Squamata. ...

Records held

The 1959 Mexico hurricane holds several records:

• It is the strongest landfall of any known East Pacific hurricane.
• It is the only east Pacific hurricane to make landfall as a Category 5.
• By reaching Category 5 intensity on October 27, it is the latest Category 5 in the east Pacific.
• It is the deadliest East Pacific hurricane.

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See also

• Tropical cyclone
• List of notable tropical cyclones
• 1950-1969 Pacific hurricane seasons

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References

• National Geographic: Forces of Nature accessed November 10, 2005
• "Natural Hazards of North America". Map. Supplement to National Geographic magazine. April 1998.
• Unisys Storm Track accessed November 10, 2005
• Unisys Storm data accessed November 10, 2005
• Climatology of landfalling hurricane and tropical storms in Mexico accessed November 10, 2005

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External links

• Storm path