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 Hurricane Pamela at peak intensity on October 12, 2021 | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | October 10, 2021 |
| Dissipated | October 13, 2021 |
| Category 1 hurricane | |
| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/NWS) | |
| Highest winds | 75 mph (120 km/h) |
| Lowest pressure | 987 mbar (hPa); 29.15 inHg |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 3 total |
| Missing | 4 |
| Damage | $97 million |
| Areas affected | Northwestern and Western Mexico, Southern United States |
| IBTrACS | |
Part of the 2021 Pacific hurricane season | |
Hurricane Pamela was a Category 1 Pacific hurricane that caused significant damage across several northwestern and western states of Mexico in October 2021. The sixteenth named storm and seventh hurricane of the 2021 Pacific hurricane season, the storm originated from a tropical wave over the Atlantic basin, over the Caribbean Sea. It then quickly crossed into the Pacific Ocean, where it slowly consolidated, with a low-pressure area forming from the wave on October 9. Environmental conditions in the area were proved favorable for tropical cyclogenesis and developed into Tropical Depression Sixteen-E on the next day. It then organized further into Tropical Storm Pamela on that night. Despite wind shear and dry air affecting the cyclone, Pamela continued to strengthen and became a hurricane on October 12 before weakening back to a tropical storm as it continued to succumb onto these factors. However, as the system turned towards the coast of Mexico, Pamela restrengthened to a low-end hurricane before making landfall over Estacion Dimas, Sinaloa on 15:00 UTC on October 13 before rapidly weakening inland. It then dissipated over Coahuila on the early hours on the next day.
Pamela caused widespread flooding and blackouts across Sinaloa, Nayarit, Durango and Coahuila while seven deaths were confirmed from the storm. Many agricultural crops, trees, houses and huts across the affected areas were damaged or destroyed following the storm. Many rivers also overflowed, affecting and submerging many cars and establishments. Many people lost their homes due to Pamela's flooding and one person was swept up in Nayarit, where four people were also reported missing. Two people died in Texas after being swept away into a creek. The storm was responsible for $97 million (2021 USD) in damages across Mexico alone and at least three total deaths.