Hurricane Manuel (2013)

Hurricane Manuel

Category 1 hurricane (SSHWS/NWS)
Tropical Storm Manuel near hurricane strength on September 18
Formed	September 13, 2013
Dissipated	September 19, 2013
Highest winds	1-minute sustained: 75 mph (120 km/h)
Lowest pressure	983 mbar (hPa); 29.03 inHg
Fatalities	123 total
Damage	$4.2 billion (2013 USD)
Areas affected	Oaxaca, Guerrero, Michoacán, Colima, Jalisco, Sinaloa, Texas
Part of the 2013 Pacific hurricane season

Hurricane Manuel (pronounced /mænˈwɛl, mɑːn-, ˌmænuˈɛl, -ju-/) was a destructive tropical cyclone that brought widespread flooding across much of Mexico in September 2013. The fifteenth named storm and seventh hurricane in the Eastern Pacific that year, Manuel originated from a strong area of low pressure south of Acapulco on September 13. Within favorable conditions aloft, the storm intensified into a tropical storm as it tracked northward. The following day, Manuel curved westward and strengthened to a point just shy of hurricane intensity before making its first landfall at that intensity on September 15. Due to interaction with land, the tropical storm quickly weakened, and its center dissipated over western Mexico on September 16. However, the storm's remnants continued to track northwestward into the Gulf of California, where they reorganized into a tropical cyclone the next day. Manuel regained tropical storm status on September 18 as it began to curve northeastward. Shortly thereafter, Manuel attained hurricane intensity, before making its final landfall just west of Culiacán at peak intensity. Over land, Manuel quickly weakened due to interaction with Mexico's high terrain, and the storm dissipated early on September 20.