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Hurricane Gert (1993) facts for kids

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Hurricane Gert was a destructive and very deadly tropical cyclone in September 1993. It struck Central America and Mexico. The storm affected almost the same region devastated by Hurricane Diana three years prior, except winds were a little stronger than for Diana. Winds for Gert were 105 miles per hour; ninety lives were lost, and forty three other people were missing due to Hurricane Gert. Despite the devastation, the name Gert was not retired in Spring of 1994.

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  • 14-E 1993

    Satellite image of Tropical Depression Fourteen-E

  • Puerto Escondido P N Manuel Antonio

    The Manuel Antonio National Park, located in the Central Pacific Conservation Area, suffered great destruction from the storm.

  • Surface weather map Tropical Depression Gert 1993

    Surface weather analysis map of Gert as a tropical depression, with the center L located inland near the Honduras–Nicaragua border

  • Gert1993filledrainblk

    Rainfall from Gert across Mexico, showing high concentrations in the Huasteca region

  • Hurricane Gert visible satellite loop

    A satellite animation of Gert traversing the Bay of Campeche and Mexico

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