Tropical Storm Kiko was a strong tropical storm that capsized a boat off
the western coast of Mexico, killing at least 15 people. The 15th and
final tropical cyclone of the 2007 Pacific hurricane season, Kiko
developed out of a tropical wave that formed off the coast of Africa on
September 26 and traversed the Atlantic. The wave crossed over Central
America and entered the Pacific Ocean on October 8, where it spawned
Tropical Depression 15-E on October 15. The depression drifted to the
south over the next day before briefly being declared Tropical Storm
Kiko. It subsequently weakened into a tropical depression, but later
reattained tropical storm intensity. By October 18, Kiko was forecast
to make landfall along the western Mexican coastline as a moderate
tropical storm. As a precaution, port captains in the area shut down
shipping and residents were advised to avoid low-lying areas that might
flood and to move to temporary shelters. The cyclone turned to the west
without making landfall and reached its peak intensity of 70 mph
(110 km/h) on October 20. The tropical storm slowly weakened to a
remnant low-pressure area by October 24 and completely dissipated on
October 27.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Kiko_(2007)>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1764:
English historian Edward Gibbon observed friars singing Vespers
at Capitoline Hill in Rome, inspiring him to write The History of the
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Gibbon>
1864:
American Civil War: The Confederates captured Glasgow,
Missouri, although it had little long-term benefit as Price's Missouri
Expedition was defeated a week later.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Glasgow>
1894:
Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish artillery officer in the French
military, was wrongly arrested for treason.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreyfus_affair>
1917:
Dutch exotic dancer Mata Hari was executed by a firing squad
for spying for Germany.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mata_Hari>
1954:
Hurricane Hazel made landfall in the Carolinas in the United
States before moving north to Toronto in Canada later the same day,
killing a total of 176 people in both countries.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Hazel>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
allomother:
A human or other animal that provides some maternal care for the young
born by another.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/allomother>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Omnia vincit Amor et nos cedamus Amori. Love conquers all and we
must yield to Love.
--Virgil
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Virgil>