Hurricane Agatha
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The name Agatha has been used for nine tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
- Tropical Storm Agatha (1967), stayed well away from land
- Hurricane Agatha (1971), made landfall in the Mexican state of Michoacán, causing moderate damage
- Hurricane Agatha (1975), moved northwest off the Mexican coast
- Hurricane Agatha (1980), stayed well out to sea
- Hurricane Agatha (1986), moved eastward parallel to the Mexican coastline
- Tropical Storm Agatha (1992)Tropical Storm Agatha (1992)Tropical Storm Agatha was the deadliest tropical cyclone to form during the 1992 Pacific hurricane season. Developing as a tropical depression off the Pacific coast of Mexico on June 1, the storm gradually organized over the next several hours. As it moved northward, the depression intensified into...
, approached but did not reach the Mexican coast - Tropical Storm Agatha (1998), stayed well clear of land
- Tropical Storm Agatha (2004), stayed off the Mexican coast; did not affect land
- Tropical Storm Agatha (2010)Tropical Storm Agatha (2010)Tropical Storm Agatha was a weak, but catastrophic tropical cyclone that brought widespread floods to much of Central America and was the deadliest tropical cyclone in the eastern Pacific since Hurricane Pauline in 1997. The first storm of the 2010 Pacific hurricane season, Agatha originated from...
, made landfall on the coast of Guatemala, killing 317 and causing nearly 1.1 billion (2010 USD) in damage