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Paricutin Volcano
On February 20th, 1943, a volcano erupted in Paricutin. Many people were forced to leave their homes due to flowing lava, and around 1,00 people died from this horrific event. The town this occurred in was rebuilt many miles away from the volcano and people can now visit the volcano with it still growing and being the youngest in the world -
Hurricane Janet
Striking Chetumal, Mexico only five buildings remained intact after this brutal storm, with over 500 deaths occurring in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. Along with this the hurricane also flooded the Tampico area of Mexico and killing at least 326 people, the U.S. navy responded with a relief mission distribute food and water. -
1959 Mexico hurricane
The 1959 Mexico hurricane was a tropical cyclone being one of the worst Pacific hurricanes, impacting the Pacific coast of Mexico it killed at least 1,000 people and potentially double that. On top of that this hurricane also caused 280 million dollars of damage, and was a category five and set several records. -
San Juanico Disaster
This disaster started due to a LPJ leakage the first explosion was registered at the University of Mexico and this was followed by dozens of explosions. These fires expanded up to 1200 meters out and left and is expected that it left roughly around 500-600 dead with over 300 of the victims never even being identified and also injured up to 5000+ people. -
1985 Mexico City earthquake
On September 19, 1985 a earthquake with a magnitude of 8.0 struck Mexico City. This earthquake killed 10,000+ people and injured over 30,000+ and left a quarter of Mexico City's population homeless. -
1999 Mexico Floods
Throughout September all the way towards October, southeastern Mexico suffered a series of floods. The first month of this occurrence being September was mainly constant rain flood and mudslides throughout Veracruz, Puebla etc. Experts said floodings would stop but that was far from the truth, in October it got only worse with having serious floods resulting in 600 deaths, decimated communities, and a massive increase in homelessness. -
2007 Tabasco Flood
On October 28th, 2007 and lasting several days a low pressure system unleashed steady heavy rain on southeastern Mexico. The rain pushed rivers over their banks and covered over 80% of Tabasco this flood left 2.1 million people affected and 69,000 people evacuated, while 350,000 others were left trapped in their homes. Alongside with this 19 people were left dead and thousands left homeless. -
2011 Mexico wildfires
The days leading up to May 20, all throughout the year of 2011 over 1.3 million acres of Mexico's land was completely burnt. The cause of these wild fires was the wild rain in 2010 meaning all the excess water allowed thick grass to grow, than this grass later died amping fuel for these fires -
Hurricane Carlotta
12,000 families in the Coastal and South Sierra areas of Oaxaca were affected by this hurricane. This hurricane was classified as a category 2 hurricane and ended up killing 7 people and costed Mexico 1.4 billion pesos. The hurricane peaked at 105 mph the next day the storm thankfully weakened. -
Hurricane Otis
Hurricane Otis lasted 4 days spanning from October 22nd towards the 25th, causing 12-16 billion USD to repair damages. Alongside with the damages there were 52 deaths and 32 others missing. Otis also caused a plethora of flooding and landslides making 500,000 residents lose power.