Hurricane Rosa was the seventeenth named storm, tenth hurricane, and seventh major hurricane of the 2018 Pacific hurricane season. Rosa originated from an Atlantic tropical wave that crossed the West African coast on September 6. The storm made landfall in Mexico on September 25, and was a tropical storm for the rest of the week. Rosa became a hurricane on September 26, and a major hurricane the next day. It made landfall on September 29, and then dissipated on September 30.
About Hurricane Rosa (2018) in brief
Hurricane Rosa was the seventeenth named storm, tenth hurricane, and seventh major hurricane of the 2018 Pacific hurricane season. Rosa originated from an Atlantic tropical wave that crossed the West African coast on September 6. Rosa entered a period of rapid intensification on September 27, peaking as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph a day later. Rosa turned north and then northeast while steadily weakening, making landfall in Baja California as a tropical depression on October 2. After crossing over into the Gulf of California, the remnant system split apart and merged with an upper-level low off the coast of California by October 3. Widespread flooding throughout northwestern Mexico, mainly in Sonora and BajaCalifornia, led to one drowning and minor damage. In Arizona, rainfall peaked at 6. 89 in and caused flash floods that killed two people. Flood damage from Rosa and its remnants totaled USD 50 million in the Southwestern United States and USD 530,000 in Bajas California. The impact of Rosa was relatively minor, as a combination of wind shear and cooler seas had weakened the storm significantly by the time it made landfall.
Rosa prompted the issuance of tropical storm watches and warnings along the coast of Baja California, as well as various flood watches and warnings throughout the Southwestern U.S. It was the first tropical cyclone to make landfall in Bajas California since Nora in 1997. The storm made landfall in Mexico on September 25, and was a tropical storm for the rest of the week. Rosa became a hurricane on September 26, and a major hurricane the next day. It made landfall on September 29, and then dissipated on September 30, leaving a large area of rain and wind damage in its wake. It is the first hurricane to make landfall in Baja California since Nora in 1997, and the first in the Pacific Caribbean series of storms to do so since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Rosa is the seventh major hurricane of the season, and one of the seventh named storms of the Pacific Hurricane Season.
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