Hurricane Beatriz (2023)
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Hurricane Beatriz was a Category 1 Pacific hurricane that caused widespread flooding along much of the Pacific coast of southwestern Mexico in late June and early July 2023. The second named storm and second hurricane of the 2023 Pacific hurricane season, Beatriz originated from the remnant wave of Atlantic Tropical Storm Bret. After dissipating over the central Caribbean Sea, the wave moved over Central America on June 25. The nascent disturbance then merged with a nearby low-pressure area later that day. The disturbance was slow to organize, but due to the impending threat it posed to the Mexican coast, advisories were initiated on it as Potential Tropical Cyclone Two-E at 03:00 UTC on June 29. The system organized into a tropical depression six hours later. Later that day, the depression strengthened into a tropical storm and was named Beatriz. Closely paralleling the coast of Mexico, Beatriz rapidly intensified into a hurricane at 15:00 UTC on June 30. The storm peaked in intensity shortly after with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (137 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 992 mbar (29.3 inHg). Early on July 1, the hurricane's center brushed the coast near Punta San Telmo, after which it steadily lost organization. Beatriz weakened to a tropical storm shortly thereafter, and the system dissipated entirely by 18:00 UTC that day offshore of Cabo Corrientes.
Meteorological history | |
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Formed | June 29, 2023 |
Dissipated | July 1, 2023 |
Category 1 hurricane | |
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/NWS) | |
Highest winds | 85 mph (140 km/h) |
Lowest pressure | 992 mbar (hPa); 29.29 inHg |
Overall effects | |
Fatalities | 1 indirect |
Damage | Minimal |
Areas affected | Southwestern Mexico |
IBTrACS | |
Part of the 2023 Pacific hurricane season |
Beatriz and its precursor caused heavy rainfall and flooding across multiple Mexican states for several days, but overall damage from the hurricane was considered minor in most areas. Beatriz caused one indirect fatality on July 1, when a person drowned while surfing the high waves generated by its remnants.