The 1998 Pacific hurricane season was a moderately active
Pacific hurricane season with seven
tropical cyclones directly affecting land. The first tropical cyclone developed on June 11, which was about ten days later than the normal start of the season. The final storm of the year,
Hurricane Madeline(pictured), dissipated on October 20. Storm activity in the
Central Pacific Ocean was low, with just one tropical depression forming in the basin. Two tropical cyclones from the Eastern Pacific, Darby and Estelle, also entered the central Pacific, with the former entering as a hurricane. The season produced 13 named storms, which was slightly below the average of 16 named storms per season. However, the total of nine hurricanes during the season was equal to the average, and the total of six
major hurricanes surpassed the average. The most notable tropical cyclone of the year was
Hurricane Isis which killed fourteen people when it made
landfall on southern
Baja California and coastal
Sinaloa in Mexico. Tropical Storm Javier also made landfall on Mexico and a tropical cyclone,
Hurricane Lester, affected Central America, causing two deaths in Guatemala. (
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1956 – The six-day Gal Oya riots, the first ethnic riots targeting the minority
Sri Lankan Tamils in post-independent
Sri Lanka, began, eventually resulting in the deaths of at least 150 people and 100 injuries.
The Franz Josef Glacier is found in the
Westland Tai Poutini National Park and descends from New Zealand's
Southern Alps to 300 metres (980 ft) above sea level. The
glacier exhibits a cyclic pattern of advance and retreat. By mid-2010, its latest cycle of advance had ended; it is currently in a state of retreat.
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