Hurricane Fifi facts for kids

Hurricane Fifi (later known as Hurricane Orlene) was a deadly hurricane that impacted Central America in 1974. At the time that it hit, Fifi was the worst natural disaster to ever hit Honduras. It formed off the coast of Jamaica and made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane. It then weakened significantly and became a tropical storm, and then a tropical depression. It moved into the Pacific and regained strength. Fifi was a tropical cyclone that lasted for 18 hours and was renamed Orlene. Orlene then intensified into a hurricane and reached Category 2 status. Orlene made landfall in Mexico and became extratropical over the mountains.

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  Hurricane Orlene on September 23 just prior to its landfall upon northwest Mexico

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  Radar image of Hurricane Fifi nearing landfall in Belize

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In Spanish: Huracán Fifi-Orlene para niños