| Category 5 hurricane | ||
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 Karl at it's Peak Intensity on September 17th, 2016 |
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| Formed | September 10, 2016 | |
| Dissipated | September 26, 2016 | |
| Accumulated Cyclone Energy | 43.0 | |
| Highest winds | 185 mph (1-min sustained) | |
| Lowest pressure | 891 mb | |
| Damages | 65 billion (2016 USD) | |
| Direct Fatalities | 2,014 | |
| Indirect Fatalities | 0 | |
| Missing | 318 | |
| Areas affected | Mexico | |
| Part of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season | ||
Hurricane Karl was the strongest and most devastating tropical cyclone of the Season, which occurred in Late September 2016. It was the Thirteenth tropical cyclone, Twelfth named storm, Eighth Hurricane and the fourth major hurricane of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season.
Meteorological History[]
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Map plotting the track and intensity of the storm according to the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale