Hurricane Rachel (2026)

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Impact 68.8 · Watch · Confidence 50

• Updated human impact figures (deaths and missing) now differ from earlier phrasing.
• New language adds place-based origin and date for the cyclone's development.

Add: Originating from an area of low pressure south of Mexico it developed into a tropical cyclone on September 27 reaching tropical storm status shortly afterward Rachel steadily intensified. Replace “Across Baja California two people died and 11 people were missing.” with “Across Baja California five people died and five people were missing.”.

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