In 1959 the Pacific Coast of Mexico was hit by a hurricane that claimed around 1000 lives. As a staggering category 5, this was the largest hurricane to hit the East Pacific. Areas like Jalisco and Colima were clobbered by mass land wasting and flash floods due to the torrential rain. The hurricane didn’t cause much of the damage but the storm surge which hit the coast and destroyed communities and buildings completely devastating them. With bodies floating around and so many houses flooded and displaced this left many people homeless and without basic needs such as food, water, hygiene and high treats of diseases. People where left stranded and with no access to roads since some were blocked with posts and trees that were torn down by the 155 mph strong winds. Not only was the hurricane itself devastating to the people, but on top of it the mass land wasting caused soil erosion and displacement unearthing hundreds of highly venomous snakes and scorpions that later on claimed the lives of hundreds of people. All this devastation affected Mexico’s plantations and factories leaving many workers out of jobs. This massive hurricane was definitely one for the history books.
http://www.interragate.info/notable-past-event/3853
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/1959_Mexico_Hurricane
