Hurricane Kenna

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Hurricane Kenna was the third-most intense Pacific hurricane to make landfall on the Pacific coast of Mexico. Kenna was the sixteenth tropical depression, thirteenth tropical storm, seventh hurricane, sixth major hurricane, and third Category 5 hurricane of the 2002 Pacific hurricane season. After forming on October 22 to the south of Mexico from a tropical wave, forecasters consistently predicted the storm to strengthen much less than it actually did. Moving into an area of favorable upper-level conditions and warm sea surface temperatures, Kenna rapidly intensified to reach maximum sustained winds of 165 mph (270 km/h) on October 25, making it as a Category 5 hurricane, while located about 255 mi (410 km) southwest of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco. Weakening as it turned to the northeast, the hurricane made landfall near San Blas, Nayarit, as a Category 4 hurricane, with sustained winds of 140 mph (225 km/h), before dissipating over the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains on October 26. Hurricane...

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