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06-13-2014, 01:18 AM
East Pacific Ocean Spawns Record Second Category 4 Hurricane Before July
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The eastern Pacific Ocean is primed for powerful hurricanes this year, as proven during the past two weeks. First, Hurricane Amanda — the first storm of the young season — exploded to high-end Category 4 status in late May. **w, just two weeks later, Hurricane Cristina (http://www.nhc.**aa.gov/#CRISTINA), which also formed off the west coast of Mexico, rapidly intensified between June 11-12, winding up as a high-end Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Scale
In the history of hurricane records for that region, there had never been two category 4 or stronger hurricanes in any season prior to July 1, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida. Hurricane Amanda had also set a**ther milestone when it became the strongest May hurricane on record for that ocean basin. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/12/hurricane-cristina-breaks-pacific-ocean-record/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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The eastern Pacific Ocean is primed for powerful hurricanes this year, as proven during the past two weeks. First, Hurricane Amanda — the first storm of the young season — exploded to high-end Category 4 status in late May. **w, just two weeks later, Hurricane Cristina (http://www.nhc.**aa.gov/#CRISTINA), which also formed off the west coast of Mexico, rapidly intensified between June 11-12, winding up as a high-end Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Scale
In the history of hurricane records for that region, there had never been two category 4 or stronger hurricanes in any season prior to July 1, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida. Hurricane Amanda had also set a**ther milestone when it became the strongest May hurricane on record for that ocean basin. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/12/hurricane-cristina-breaks-pacific-ocean-record/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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