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Walaka became a Category 3 major hurricane around 12:00 UTC on October 1, the fourth storm to do so in the Central Pacific in 2018. [1] At that time, the hurricane possessed a prominent eye surrounded by a sizeable ring of cold clouds. Walaka turned towards the west-northwest as it moved around the southwestern edge of the ridge. [10]
Walaka peaked as a Category 5 hurricane at 00:00 UTC on October 2 with winds of 160 miles per hour (260 km/h) and a pressure of 921 mbar (27.20 inHg). This intensity made Walaka the fourth major hurricane in the Central Pacific and second Category 5 hurricane of the season. [29] After peaking, Walaka began to undergo an eyewall replacement cycle.
Hurricane Walaka was the nineteenth named storm and second Category 5 hurricane of the 2018 Pacific hurricane season. As a tropical cyclone, it originated from an area of low pressure that formed around 1,600 mi (2,600 km) south-southeast of Hawaii on September 24, and became a tropical storm on September 29. The system tracked westward and ...
Hurricane Hilary made landfall in Mexico's Baja California Peninsula on Aug. 20, 2023, and was tracked from San Diego to east of Fresno as a tropical storm. No tropical storm has officially made ...
September 5–6, 2004 – High surf from Hurricane Howard hit the southern California coastline with 6 to 12 ft (1.8 to 3.7 m) waves, which led to more than 1,000 lifeguard rescues over the busy Labor Day Weekend. [32] September 20, 2004 – The remnants of Hurricane Javier dropped 0.08 in (2.0 mm) of rainfall at Needles. [33]
Watch: Rain erodes California cliff prompting evacuation of nearby residences. 15:23, Louise Boyle. Watch: California storm causes fatal flooding as mass evacuations are put into effect
The 2018 Pacific hurricane season was an event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation, in which tropical cyclones form in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The season officially started on May 15 in the eastern Pacific—east of 140°W—and began on June 1 in the central Pacific—the region between the International Date Line and 140°W, and ended on November 30.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -A deadly Pacific storm, the second "Pineapple Express" weather system to sweep the West Coast in less than a week, dumped torrential rain over Southern California on Monday ...