Hurricane Gert was a large and deadly tropical cyclone that caused extensive flooding and mudslides throughout Central America and Mexico in September 1993. The seventh named storm and third hurricane of the annual hurricane season, Gert originated as a tropical depression from a tropical wave over the southwestern Caribbean Sea on September 14. The next day, the cyclone briefly attained tropical storm strength before moving ashore in Nicaragua and proceeding through Honduras. It reorganized into a tropical storm over the Gulf of Honduras on September 17, but weakened back to a depression upon crossing the Yucatán Peninsula. Once over the warm waters of the Bay of Campeche, Gert quickly strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane by September 20. The hurricane made a final landfall on the Gulf Coast of Mexico near Tuxpan, Veracruz, with peak winds of 100 mph (160 km/h). The rugged terrain disrupted the cyclone's structure; Gert entered the Pacific Ocean as a depression near the state of Nayarit on September 21, where it briefly redeveloped a few strong thunderstorms before dissipating at sea five days later. Category 2 hurricane: peak winds of 100 mph (85 knots), lowest pressure 970 mb. September 14 – September 21, 1993. Landfalls: September 15 at 40 mph, 11.8°N 83.8°W; September 18 at 40 mph, 17.3°N 88.1°W; September 20 at 100 mph, 21.2°N 97.5°W. Accumulated cyclone energy: 3.8. Wiki link Track: NOAA National Hurricane Center, HURDAT2 best track AL081993 (public domain).