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Tropical Storm Kirsten (1966)

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Tropical Storm Kirsten
Tropical Storm (SSHWS/NWS)
Storm Path of Kirsten.
FormedSeptember 26, 1966
DissipatedSeptember 29, 1966
Highest winds1-minute sustained: 50 mph (85 km/h)
Fatalities8
Damage$5.6 million (1966 USD)
Areas affectedMexico
Part of the 1966 Pacific hurricane season

Tropical Storm Kirsten was the 17th tropical depression and 11th tropical storm of the 1966 Pacific hurricane season. It hit Mexico in late September of 1966. It made landfall near the city of La Paz on the Baja Peninsula on September 28 and near Los Mochis, Mexico that same evening.

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Impact and Naming

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