page_title: Hurricane Madeline (1976)
hierarchical_section_title: Hurricane Madeline (1976)
context_page_description: Hurricane Madeline is tied with 1992's Hurricane Iniki as the second-strongest landfalling tropical cyclone on record in the Eastern Pacific basin, only behind 2015's Hurricane Patricia. Madeline formed on September 29, not far from Central America. The next day, the circulation dissipated, and as a result weakened to a remnant low. Four days later, on October 3, the low regenerated into a tropical depression. The system remained weak for three days as it drifted west-northwest. When it began to recurve towards Mexico on October 6, the cyclone rapidly intensified, eventually making landfall at peak intensity as a Category 4. Shortly after landfall, the cyclone rapidly dissipated.
  Prior to the arrival of Madeline, 15,000 people evacuated form the coast, which had already been impacted by Hurricane Liza. Heavy damage was reported, along with seven fatalities. Two dams were flooded; extensive crop damage was reported.
context_section_description: Hurricane Madeline is tied with 1992's Hurricane Iniki as the second-strongest landfalling tropical cyclone on record in the Eastern Pacific basin, only behind 2015's Hurricane Patricia. Madeline formed on September 29, not far from Central America. The next day, the circulation dissipated, and as a result weakened to a remnant low. Four days later, on October 3, the low regenerated into a tropical depression.  The system remained weak for three days as it drifted west-northwest. When it began to recurve towards Mexico on October 6, the cyclone rapidly intensified, eventually making landfall at peak intensity as a Category 4. Shortly after landfall, the cyclone rapidly dissipated.
  Prior to the arrival of Madeline, 15,000 people evacuated form the coast, which had already been impacted by Hurricane Liza. Heavy damage was reported, along with seven fatalities. Two dams were flooded; extensive crop damage was reported.
caption: Hurricane Madeline off the coast of Mexico
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