Willa was the twenty-fifth tropical cyclone, twenty-second named storm, thirteenth hurricane, tenth major hurricane, and record-tying third Category 5 hurricane of the 2018 Pacific hurricane season. Willa originated from a tropical wave that the United States-based National Hurricane Center began to monitor for tropical cyclogenesis in the southwestern Caribbean Sea on October 14. It developed into a tropical depression on October 20, off the coast of southwestern Mexico. The depression strengthened into Tropical Storm Willa later in the day as a period of rapid intensification commenced. On October 24, Willa made landfall as a marginal Category 3 hurricane in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. It peaked as a Category 5 hurricane with sustained winds of
About Hurricane Willa in brief
Willa was the twenty-fifth tropical cyclone, twenty-second named storm, thirteenth hurricane, tenth major hurricane, and record-tying third Category 5 hurricane of the 2018 Pacific hurricane season. Willa originated from a tropical wave that the United States-based National Hurricane Center began to monitor for tropical cyclogenesis in the southwestern Caribbean Sea on October 14. The system subsequently crossed over Central America into the East Pacific, without significant organization. It developed into a tropical depression on October 20, off the coast of southwestern Mexico. The depression strengthened into Tropical Storm Willa later in the day as a period of rapid intensification commenced. On October 24, Willa made landfall as a marginal Category 3 hurricane in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. It peaked as a Category 5 hurricane with sustained winds of 160 mph on the following day. The hurricane killed nine people, and caused MX$16. 1 billion in damage, mostly around the area where it moved ashore. The remnants of Willa also caused flash floods in Texas. After the storm, multiple individuals did not receive direct help from the Mexican government until many months had passed. The Mexican people mainly relied on help from charitable organizations to recover and rebuild their damaged property. Reconstruction was not slated to begin in some areas until a few months after the storm. The storm knocked out power to nearly 100,000 people in four states. It also caused significant damage to many schools, a hospital, and infrastructure in the city of Escuinapa, with totals estimated at MX$6 billion.
The overflow of multiple rivers damaged structures and left many areas in SinalOA and Nayarit without a supply of potable water. It prompted the issuance of hurricane and tropical storm watches and warnings for western Mexico. It was the first major hurricane to make landfall in the state of Sinaloa since Lane in 2006. It later weakened, dissipating later that day over northeastern Mexico. A new low-pressure trough, an elongated region of low atmospheric pressure, developed to the east of the original low early on October 19, which organized into tropical Storm Vicente later that night. The original low to the west gradually organized while moving westward, and at 00: 00 UTC, and on October 20, a system developed into tropical depression Willa. Shortly thereafter, the NHC assigned it the name Willa from its rotating list of names. It then became a tropical storm around 12: 00 UTC, while located about 290 mi south-southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico. On the next day, the system became better organized southeast of the Yucatán Peninsula, and the storm encountered more favorable conditions as it neared land. The system then developed a tight core, with its low-level center becoming embedded beneath a large central area of dense thunderstorms. It became significantly significantly significantly stronger as it became as −121 to132°.F.
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