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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. [41] [45] At the time, this made Wilma the costliest hurricane on record in Mexico, until it was surpassed by Hurricane Otis in 2023. [46]
Hurricane strength have been ranked using the Saffir-Simpson scale since 1972, from a minimal hurricane as a Category 1 to the most powerful as a Category 5. The most recent Category 5 hurricane to hit Mexico was Hurricane Otis in 2023, which was also the costliest Mexican hurricane.
Hurricane Gilbert was the second most intense tropical cyclone on record in the Atlantic basin in terms of barometric pressure, only behind Hurricane Wilma in 2005.An extremely powerful tropical cyclone that formed during the 1988 Atlantic hurricane season, Gilbert peaked as a Category 5 hurricane that brought widespread destruction to the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico, and is tied with ...
Watch as tourists remained stranded at Cancun airport on Saturday (6 July) after Hurriance Beryl made landfall on the Mexican coast. Beryl is now heading toward Texas after making landfall at the ...
Storm expert John Morales had to briefly pause in the middle of an NBC broadcast while discussing the storm raging over Yucatan, Mexico, and other states along the Gulf of Mexico.
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.
After Hurricane Otis escalated into a Category 5 storm last night (24 October), concerns over the safety of travel to Mexico and the risk of further natural disasters have risen.