Hurricane Emily (2005)

Emily became the first July Atlantic hurricane to reach Category 5 status, peaking with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph and a central pressure of 929 mb on July 16 while passing southwest of Jamaica. It weakened slightly before making landfall on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula on July 18 as a Category 4, bringing destructive winds and rainfall to Cozumel, Cancún and Playa del Carmen, and fell to Category 1 strength as it crossed the peninsula. A second landfall followed near San Fernando, Tamaulipas, just south of the United States border. Flooding in Haiti caused ten fatalities.

Formed (UTC)

2005-07-11

Dissipated (UTC)

2005-07-21

Peak Saffir-Simpson category

5

Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)

140

Basin it formed in

North Atlantic

Deaths, as sources state them

ten in Haiti

IBTrACS storm page

ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-2005192N11318

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: hurricane, category 5, yucatan, mexico, jamaica, haiti, landfall

Coordinates: 14.69582441168502, -72.58329764674008

Part of Atlantic hurricanes of category 4 and above in the 2000 to 2007 seasons

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