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Wilma severely eroded the beaches of eastern Quintana Roo and caused flooding in neighboring Yucatán. Wilma contributed to eight deaths in Mexico – seven in Quintana Roo and one in Yucatán. Hurricane Wilma directly inflicted about $4.8 billion (MXN, US$442 million) [nb 1] worth of damage, mostly in Quintana Roo. It was the state's costliest ...
Throughout Mexico, Wilma's total damage was estimated at $50 billion (MXN, US$4.6 billion), mostly in Quintana Roo, where it was the state's costliest natural disaster. [40] [44] At the time, this made Wilma the costliest hurricane on record in Mexico, until it was surpassed by Hurricane Otis in 2023. [45]
English: Timelapse animation of w:Hurricane Wilma from satellite photos. The descriptive text at the NOAA site reads; "The color of the ocean represents sea surface temperature with orange and red colors indicating temperatures of 82°F or greater. From dates Oct 22-24 Tropical Storm Alpha is seen when Wilma moves away from the Yucatan Peninsula.
On October 21, 2005, Hurricane Wilma made landfall on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula as a powerful Category 4 hurricane, with strong winds in excess of 150 mph (240 km/h). The hurricane's eye first passed over the island of Cozumel , and then made an official landfall near Playa del Carmen in the state of Quintana Roo at around 11 p.m. local time ...
A pier was smashed while Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc on Mexico as it advanced across the coast towards the US on Wednesday, 25 September. Samantha Holland, who filmed strong winds in Cancun ...
The only three Gulf hurricanes that were bigger than Helene’s predicted size were 2017’s Irma, 2005’s Wilma and 1995’s Opal, according to Colorado State University hurricane researcher ...
NOAA's satellite GOES-16 is tracking the storm as it moves through the Gulf of Mexico. ... behind Hurricane Wilma (2005) and Hurricane Felix (2007), which intensified by 105 mph and 100 mph ...
After Hurricane Wilma in October 2005, forecasters turned to the Greek alphabet. Zeta is the sixth letter of that alphabet, and this is the 27th named storm of 2005. One month after 2005’s record-breaking storm season officially ended, this storm appeared roughly 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) to the southwest of the Azores Islands.