hurricane olivia hurricane olivia atlantic hurricanes cross central_america eastern pacific remaining tropical cyclone seventh named storm atlantic hurricane season formed tropical wave northwest trinidad september despite unfavorable area gradually intensified moving west northwestward september hurricane south jamaica days later defined eye approached northeastern honduras northwest reaching peak winds mph day weakened paralleling northern honduras coast offshore september landfall quickly weakened tropical depression crossing guatemala southeastern mexico entering eastern pacific system intensified hurricane renamed olivia weakened dissipating september taking similar path hurricane years prior threatened reproduce devastating effects catastrophic storm damage loss life significantly feared honduras homes damaged half towns coastline storm damaged houses offshore death country belize barrier reef downed trees produced high waves mainland minimal flooding despite high storm surge landfall hurricane damaged destroyed houses primary hospital tornado flipped truck damaged houses damage belize estimated million usd deaths meteorological history tropical wave exited west coast africa near september moving westward atlantic_ocean wave spawned area convection days later gradually organized september wave moved windward_islands producing wind gusts mph barbados later day estimated system developed tropical depression west northwest trinidad based ship land reports located unfavorable area depression intensified continued develop hurricane hunters flight september indicated depression intensified tropical storm north netherlands antilles tropical storm intensified slowly strong trough northwest south american coastline located south southerly disrupted ridge north 30th parallel storm moved quickly west northwestward caribbean september intensified hurricane south jamaica shortly trough northwest weakened preventing storm intensification increasingly defined eye developed approaching coast honduras barometric pressure quickly dropped early september eyewall passed offshore cabo sparsely populated border honduras nicaragua nhc described eye having literally protruding northeast coast honduras country strongest winds utc september hurricane hunters observed minimum pressure mbar inhg northern honduras coast basis estimated peak intensity mph category hurricane saffir simpson hurricane wind scale despite proximity land initially maintained defined structure hurricane continued generally west northwestward ridge north initially expected enter bay passing northern honduras weakened slightly approaching belize landfall near utc september winds mph calm eye reported minutes rapidly weakening land hurricane deteriorated tropical depression status guatemala hours landfall large high pressure area carolinas central gulf_of_mexico turned southwestward eastern pacific_ocean utc september took responsibility issuing advisories coast soon depression emerged warm waters eastern pacific intensified utc depression attained tropical storm status named olivia storm entering initially moving north olivia began executing slow loop based observations nearby ships radar estimated olivia attained hurricane status early september tracking mexican coastline system weakened hurricane threshold utc olivia landfall east early september olivia dissipated mexican state rare crossover storm atlantic pacific maintain tropical cyclone status crossing impact early duration produced heavy rainfall strongest winds remained north island late september eye offshore honduras country government issued hurricane warning eastern coastline time mexican government issued hurricane warning eastern peninsula september hurricane warning issued belize guatemala coastlines advanced warnings helped reduce fatalities honduras people evacuated advance storm government military police red_cross standby advance storm fears repeat hurricane unlike caused deadly floods region years prior took similar track cause significant river flooding honduras track central_america hurricane dropped locally heavy rainfall passed offshore northeastern honduras produced sustained winds mph gusts mph winds northern honduras coast diminished eyewall passing north honduras estimated upwards rain fell mountainous regions villages isolated communication severely hampered roughly town residents sought refuge large structures storm communities coastline military officials reported homes destroyed offshore hurricane destroyed houses roofs lost boats destroyed nearby houses lost roofs experiencing wind gusts mph death honduras nationwide hurricane damaged homes washed roads bridges wrecked rice crops final landfall belize highest sustained winds mph gusts mph near landfall location offshore winds reached mph heavy rainfall hurricane damaged base lighthouse knocked trees belize barrier reef hurricane downed palm trees produced high waves significant wave heights mainland storm tides normal cause flooding strong winds destroyed houses including damage hospital power water service crop destroyed orange crop lost tides normal caused flooding conjunction swollen rivers united_states embassy flooded foot mud little damage city tornado damaged houses flipped truck storm closed farther inland strong winds caused heavy damage national park damage belize estimated million usd deaths deaths offshore islands areas radios aftermath following storm damage honduras country requested help united_states sent squadrons central_america middle response request honduras aircraft delivered water generators units deployed person crew specialized disaster relief aid distributed military honduras late october sent books supplies aircraft belize youth group rode storm desired help residents despite hurricane damage economy belize continued grow struck including increase banana production national_hurricane_center consider retired lists retired hurricane list
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