Hurricane Odile is the most powerful on record to strike Mexico’s Baja California

The Category 3 cyclone, the strongest on record to hit the region, slammed the tourist destination of Cabo San Lucas and will weaken as it moves up the Baja California peninsula, forecasters say

Odile, the strongest hurricane on record to make landfall on Mexico’s Baja California, slammed into the tourist resort of Cabo San Lucas with winds up to 115 mph and is now moving up the massive peninsula.

 

“We haven’t seen one get so close and with the possibility of impact, and of such a nature,” Wenceslao Petit, head of emergency services in Los Cabos, was quoted by Reuters as saying of the Category 3 hurricane. “There aren’t words for this.”

 

The National Hurricane Center says Odile made landfall at 10:45 p.m. MDT (12:45 a.m. ET) near Cabo San Lucas with maximum winds of 125 mph.

 

The Associated Press says, “The area is home to gleaming megaresorts, tiny fishing communities and low-lying neighborhoods of flimsy homes. Forecasters predicted a dangerous storm surge with large waves as well as drenching rains capable of causing landslides and flash floods.”

 

In its latest statement, the National Hurricane Center says Odile “is moving north-northwestward at [16 mph]. The cyclone is forecast to move northwestward to north-northwestward around the western portion of a mid-level ridge over the southern United States during the next couple of days.”

 

According to The Weather Channel: “Odile has benefited from low wind shear and warm water. Odile strengthened quickly in that environment Saturday and Saturday night, going from a tropical storm Friday night to a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale by Sunday morning.”

 

Tourists stranded in shelter in Cabo San Lucas were tweeting photos and comments throughout the ordeal:

 

Reuters, quoting Mexican officials, says at least 26,000 foreign tourists and 4,000 Mexicans were in the region.

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CME WILL COLLIDE WITH VERY HIGH ENERGY PARTICLES ON 16th SEPT 2014

**EXTREMELY URGENT**
CME WILL COLLIDE WITH VERY HIGH ENERGY PARTICLES AND
STRIKE THE MAGNETOSPHERE ON

  16th SEPTEMBER 2014

***BE ON ALERT***

MAGNITUDE 3.4 ICELAND REGION

Subject to change

Depth: 2.7 km

 

Distances: Latitude, Longitude  64.614  -17.459 
(4.4 km SE of Bárðarbunga)

Earthquake location   15 Sept 22:55 GMT

Time and magnitude of earthquake   15 Sept 22:55 GMT

QUAKE SWARM GULF OF CALIFORNIA

**URGENT**

  QUAKE SWARM

GULF OF CALIFORNIA

**BE ALERT**

MAGNITUDE 4.6 GULF OF CALIFORNIA

http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=400024

Subject To Change

Depth: 10 km

Distances: 340 km SE of Tijuana, Mexico / pop: 1,376,457 / local time: 15:01:13.4 2014-09-15
262 km SE of Mexicali, Mexico / pop: 597,099 / local time: 15:01:13.4 2014-09-15
249 km S of Yuma, United States / pop: 93,064 / local time: 15:01:13.4 2014-09-15
75 km SE of San Felipe, Mexico / pop: 15,386 / local time: 15:01:13.4 2014-09-15

MAGNITUDE 5.4 MARTINIQUE REGION, WINDWARD ISL.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000scr4#summary

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Depth: 15 km

Distances: 81km (50mi) E of Le Vauclin, Martinique
87km (54mi) E of Riviere-Pilote, Martinique
89km (55mi) ESE of Le Francois, Martinique
95km (59mi) ESE of Le Robert, Martinique
107km (66mi) E of Fort-de-France, Martinique  

MAGNITUDE 4.8 GULF OF CALIFORNIA

http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=399996

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Depth: 10 km

Distances: 348 km SE of Tijuana, Mexico / pop: 1,376,457 / local time: 11:27:20.7 2014-09-15
270 km SE of Mexicali, Mexico / pop: 597,099 / local time: 11:27:20.7 2014-09-15
83 km SE of San Felipe, Mexico / pop: 15,386 / local time: 11:27:20.7 2014-09-15

MAGNITUDE 4.7 SWEDEN

http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=399965

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Depth: 2 km

Distances: 271 km NE of Oslo, Norway / pop: 580,000 / local time: 15:07:58.8 2014-09-15
127 km NW of Falun, Sweden / pop: 36,477 / local time: 15:07:58.8 2014-09-15
42 km NE of Älvdalen, Sweden / pop: 1,812 / local time: 15:07:58.8 2014-09-15

MAGNITUDE 5.0 GULF OF CALIFORNIA

http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=399960

Subject To Change

Depth: 10 km

Distances: 343 km SE of Tijuana, Mexico / pop: 1,376,457 / local time: 05:23:42.6 2014-09-15
261 km SE of Mexicali, Mexico / pop: 597,099 / local time: 05:23:42.6 2014-09-15
245 km S of Yuma, United States / pop: 93,064 / local time: 05:23:42.6 2014-09-15
78 km SE of San Felipe, Mexico / pop: 15,386 / local time: 05:23:42.6 2014-09-15

MAGNITUDE 5.0 EAST OF SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS

http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=399964

Subject To Change

Depth: 2 km

Distances: 3891 km SE of Montevideo, Uruguay / pop: 1,270,737 / local time: 09:13:42.1 2014-09-15
4018 km SE of Buenos Aires, Argentina / pop: 13,076,300 / local time: 09:13:42.1 2014-09-15
4756 km SE of Santiago, Chile / pop: 4,837,295 / local time: 09:13:42.1 2014-09-15