&sq=&lang=&file=File:Rick_2021-10-24_2015Z.jpg) Hurricane Rick nearing landfall near Lázaro Cárdenas on October 24 | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | October 22, 2021 |
| Dissipated | October 25, 2021 |
| Category 2 hurricane | |
| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/NWS) | |
| Highest winds | 105 mph (165 km/h) |
| Lowest pressure | 977 mbar (hPa); 28.85 inHg |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 1 total |
| Damage | $26.1 million |
| Areas affected | Southwestern and Western Mexico |
| IBTrACS | |
Part of the 2021 Pacific hurricane season | |
Hurricane Rick was a Category 2 Pacific hurricane that struck the southwestern coast of Mexico in late October 2021. Rick was the overall seventeenth named system and the eighth hurricane of the 2021 Pacific hurricane season, as well as the fifth named storm and fourth hurricane to make landfall along the Pacific coast of Mexico in 2021.[1]
Rick developed from a low-pressure area off the southern coast of Mexico that initially formed on October 21, 2021. The system organized into a tropical depression at 12:00 UTC the next day, and strengthened to a tropical storm six hours later, receiving the name Rick. In an environment of low wind shear and high sea surface temperatures, Rick rapidly intensified into a hurricane early on October 23. After briefly weakening the next day, Rick resumed intensifying and achieved its peak intensity on October 25 as a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph (170 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 977 mbar (28.9 inHg). Rick made landfall at peak intensity later that day on the Mexican state of Guerrero. Rick quickly weakened as it moved inland, first to a tropical storm over the state of Michoacán before dissipating entirely late that day over Jalisco.
A total of 2,260 shelters were set up across five states in preparation for Rick's landfall. Floodwaters from the hurricane stranded cars, cut off and destroyed roads, and uprooted trees. Rick caused one confirmed fatality when a man was killed after being swept away in the floods. In total, Rick is estimated to have caused over $26 million (2021 USD) in damages.
- ^ Henson, Bob; Masters, Jeff (October 25, 2021). "Weather whiplash in California: extreme rains pound regions under exceptional drought". Yale Climate Connections. Retrieved October 25, 2021.