Hurricane Keith 2000
The cyclone slowly became a tropical storm on September 29, then it quickly strengthen into a Category 4 hurricane on the 30th while drifting westward toward the coast of Belize.
Keith emerged in the Bay of Campeche later that day and quickly regained its tropical storm strength. On October 5 it again became a hurricane, before making landfall just north of Tampico, Mexico as a Category 1 hurricane. The cyclone self-indulgenced over northeastern Mexico on the 6th.
Keith caused 24 deaths (12 in Nicaragua, 5 in Belize, 6 in Honduras, and 1 in Mexico). TDamage to property, agriculture, and tourism in Belize was estimated at $225 million.
Infomation came from: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/english/history.shtml#keith
The cyclone slowly became a tropical storm on September 29, then it quickly strengthen into a Category 4 hurricane on the 30th while drifting westward toward the coast of Belize.
Keith emerged in the Bay of Campeche later that day and quickly regained its tropical storm strength. On October 5 it again became a hurricane, before making landfall just north of Tampico, Mexico as a Category 1 hurricane. The cyclone self-indulgenced over northeastern Mexico on the 6th.
Keith caused 24 deaths (12 in Nicaragua, 5 in Belize, 6 in Honduras, and 1 in Mexico). TDamage to property, agriculture, and tourism in Belize was estimated at $225 million.
Infomation came from: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/english/history.shtml#keith
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