User:Mitchazenia/Hurricane Martha (1969)
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| Category 1 hurricane (SSHS) | ||
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| Formed | November 21, 1969 | |
| Dissipated | November 25, 1969 | |
| Highest winds |
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| Lowest pressure | 979 mbar (hPa) | |
| Damage | $30 million (2005 USD) | |
| Fatalities | 5 direct | |
| Areas affected |
Panama | |
| Part of the 1969 Atlantic hurricane season |
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[edit] Storm History
A cyclonic circulation persisted over the southwest Caribbean Sea in late November. Convection became more organized, and by November 21, it became a tropical storm. Martha quickly intensified, reaching 90 mph winds the next day, but the hurricane lost strength as it drifted southward. It reached the coast of Panama as a 70 mph tropical storm on the 24th, becoming the first tropical storm on record to hit the country. Martha dissipated over Panama on the 25th.
[edit] Impact
The system caused heavy flooding and landslides over San José, Costa Rica, where 5 fatalities and $30 million in damage occurred.
[edit] Naming
Although the 'M' name has been used nearly every year to name storms in the Atlantic since 1990, this marked only the first time since naming began in 1950 that the 'M' name was used, and the only one until Tropical Storm Marco in the 1990 season.
