hurricane hurricane second latest hurricane landfall mexico eighteenth named storm ninth final hurricane pacific hurricane season short lived category hurricane saffir simpson hurricane scale weakened making landfall mexico november hit month powerful hurricane landfall country damage associated exacerbated weaker struck rebuilding efforts damage fairly minor heading mexico people coastline evacuated impact making prepared deal hurricane leading casualties meteorological history hurricane ultimate origin tropical wave left africa october crossing atlantic wave mainly tracked continuity lack organization entering pacific developed november south organization circulation developed satellite tracking began november disturbance better organized formed tropical depression nineteen november moving northwest depression turned north trough noon november miles southwest acapulco depression upgraded tropical storm storm developed cold central dense overcast turned northeast hurricane november eye appeared day accompanied center visible acapulco radar hurricane reached peak intensity mph mbar making low end category saffir simpson hurricane scale sources disagree saying category major hurricane peak weakening mph landfall november time landfall hurricane force winds extended miles tropical storm force winds extended miles center respectively continued weaken moving parallel mexico coast dissipating clouds november preparations tropical depression threat mexico hours upgrading mexican officials issued tropical storm watch area hours upgraded hurricane watch upgraded warning hurricane watch issued shortly afterward raised warning november hurricane warning extended warnings areas west dropped time warnings areas west including acapulco remained lifted hours later november warnings extended warnings west dropped time mexico declared state emergency coast hours later warnings downgraded tropical storm warnings warnings remained dropped downgraded depression people coastal areas affected catastrophic month ago ready major ports coast closed ahead time preparation airports power failures occurred hurricane thirty red_cross workers including based mexico area aftermath kept area handle second hurricane people director overseeing recovery efforts beach areas evacuated evacuation helicopters landed carrying soldier rifles tourist likened world revolution officials watched flooding rivers upstream river valleys rains previous systems caused ground state capital families evacuated rising rivers impact damage minor comparison hurricane responsible dumping inches rain state turn resulted mudslides flash floods areas earlier ravaged rains resulted sea level rising feet normal levels high waves generated passage hurricane responsible rendering bridges roads state recently repaired damaged prior hurricanes hurricane atlantic weakened bridges month prior allowing including bridge near left foot deep gap road major roads cut mountain road route link coast mexico_city route acapulco total inches rainfall highest total caused recorded san near point hurricane landfall telephone communications traffic cut villages wake hurricane weaker areas impact greater place village located miles southeast houses destroyed roofs torn residents attributed rain winds roughly equal casualties hurricane caused people homeless left destroyed resident said like came harvest corn came harvest united_states temporary economic impact time shore caused price coffee rise percent pound new_york highest total reached october mexico united_states largest source coffee imports largest coffee growing regions mexico like impact effects worse threatened coffee crop beans susceptible winds blow records known hurricanes form november kenneth second landfall weakest slightly stronger central pressure unknown second latest hurricane official records hit coast mexico
Hurricane Rick (1997)