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Hurricane Willa was the fifth costliest Pacific hurricane on record, as well as the strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall in the Mexican state of Sinaloa since Lane in 2006. 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 National Hurricane Center (NHC) first began monitoring 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. The NHC continued to track the disturbance until it developed into a tropical depression on October 20, off the coast of southwestern Mexico. Later in the day, the system became a tropical storm as it began to rapidly intensify. On October 21, Willa became a Category 4 major hurricane, before strengthening further to Category 5 intensity on the next day. Afterward, a combination of an eyewall replacement cycle and increasing wind shear weakened the hurricane, and early on October 24, Willa made landfall as a marginal Category 3 hurricane, in Sinaloa of the northwestern Mexico. Following landfall, Willa rapidly weakened, dissipating later on the same day over northeastern Mexico.
Category 5 major hurricane (SSHWS/NWS) | |
![]() Hurricane Willa at peak intensity west of Jalisco early on October 22 | |
Formed | October 20, 2018 |
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Dissipated | October 24, 2018 |
Highest winds | 1-minute sustained: 160 mph (260 km/h) |
Lowest pressure | 925 mbar (hPa); 27.32 inHg |
Fatalities | 6 total |
Damage | $825 million (2018 USD) |
Areas affected | Central America, Mexico, Texas |
Part of the 2018 Pacific hurricane season | |
Up to its landfall, Willa prompted the issuance of hurricane and tropical storm watches and warnings for western Mexico. The hurricane killed six people, and caused $825 million (2018 USD) in damages, mostly around the area where it moved ashore.