Hurricane Ismael was a weak, but deadly Pacific hurricane that killed over one hundred people in northern Mexico in September of the 1995 Pacific hurricane season. It developed from a persistent area of deep convection on September 12, and steadily strengthened as it moved to the north-northwest. After passing a short distance east of Baja California it made landfall on Topolobampo in the state of Sinaloa with winds of 80mph. Moisture from the storm extended into the United States, causing heavy rainfall and localized moderate damage in southeastern New Mexico. It dissipated on September 16 over northwestern Mexico, and its remnants entered the U.S. and extended eastward into the Mid-Atlantic States.
About Hurricane Ismael in brief
Hurricane Ismael was a weak, but deadly Pacific hurricane that killed over one hundred people in northern Mexico in September of the 1995 Pacific hurricane season. It developed from a persistent area of deep convection on September 12, and steadily strengthened as it moved to the north-northwest. It attained hurricane status on September 14 while located 210 miles off the coast of Mexico. After passing a short distance east of Baja California it made landfall on Topolobampo in the state of Sinaloa with winds of 80 mph. The hurricane destroyed thousands of houses, leaving 30,000 people homeless. Moisture from the storm extended into the United States, causing heavy rainfall and localized moderate damage in southeastern New Mexico. It dissipated on September 16 over northwestern Mexico, and its remnants entered the U.S.
and extended eastward into the Mid-Atlantic States. Offshore, Ismaels produced waves of up to 30 feet in height. 52 ships were wrecked, killing 57 fishermen. About 150 fishermen survived the storm by waiting on sandbars or fishing boats on the coastal waters off Mexico. As a result, 52 boats were disabled, which sank, with dozens washing ashore as the high tides receded. The storm caused USD 26 million in damage. The hurricane caused 59 deaths in mainland Mexico and resulted in USD 20 million in damage in New Mexico and Arizona. It also produced 30 foot waves over the Gulf of Mexico, which washed ashore dozens of fishermen. The remnants of the storm continued northward, and moisture from the hurricane extended over the southwestern United States eastward through the mid-Atlantic states.
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