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Pamela weakens after hitting Mexico’s Pacific coast with …

A commercial area is damaged after the passing of Hurricane Pamela in Mazatlan, Mexico, on Oct. 13, 2021. (Roberto Echeagaray / Associated Press)

Tropical Storm Pamela strengthens off Mexico’s Pacific …

This satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows a Tropical Storm Pamela in the Pacific as it approaches Mexico at 15:30Oz, or 11:30 am EST, Monday, Oct. 11, 2021. Pamela was forecast to take a turn toward the north and northeast, passing close to the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula late Tuesday or early Wednesday at hurricane strength, and forecast to make landfall Wednesday near Mazatlan, potentially as a Category 3 hurricane. (NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES via AP)

Olaf weakens after pounding Mexico’s Los Cabos with 100 …

This satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Olaf on the Pacific coast of Mexico approaching the Los Cabos resort region at the tip of the Baja California Peninsula, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. (NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES via AP)

Ida weakens to tropical storm as Louisiana residents remain …

Flooded streets and homes are shown in the Spring Meadow subdivision in LaPlace, La., after Hurricane Ida moved through, Aug. 30, 2021. (Steve Helber / Associated Press)

Evacuations ordered as Louisiana braces for Hurricane …

Michael Richard of Creole Cuisine Restaurant Concepts boards up Crescent City Pizza on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter before landfall of Hurricane Ida in New Orleans, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021. Richard said the group is planning to board up and protect 34 restaurants owned by the company for the storm. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)

Tropical Storm Henri makes landfall in Rhode Island

Waves pound the beaches of Montauk, N.Y., Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021, as a severe weather system approaches. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

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More than 300 killed in 7.2 magnitude earthquake …

Sacred Heart church is damaged after an earthquake in Les Cayes, Haiti, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Delot Jean)

Drilling nearly done to demolish rest of collapsed …

An American flag flies from a crane next to the Champlain Towers South condo building, where scores of victims remain missing more than a week after it partially collapsed, Sunday, July 4, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Weakening Tropical Storm Enrique heads for Baja resort …

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Tropical Storm Blanca develops in eastern Pacific …

The National Weather Service posted this satellite image of Tropical Storm Blanca on May 31, 2021 as it formed far off from Mexico’s southern coast.

Hurricane Iota roars onto Nicaragua, delivering 2nd …

Neighbors help each other as they evacuate the area before Hurricane Iota makes landfall in San Manuel Cortes, Honduras, Monday, November 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Delmer Martinez)

Hurricane Iota makes landfall in Nicaragua as Category …

A pregnant woman is carried out of an area flooded by water brought by Hurricane Eta in Planeta, Honduras, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Delmer Martinez)

Hurricane Iota heads for already battered Central …

A fisherman returns to the shore of the dock before the arrival of hurricane Iota on Nov. 15, 2020, in Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua. (Maynor Valenzuela/Getty Images)