Hurricane Karl was the most destructive tropical cyclone on record to strike the Mexican state of Veracruz. The eleventh tropical storm, sixth hurricane, and fifth and final major hurricane of the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season, Karl formed from an area of low pressure which had formed off of the northern coast of Venezuela on September 11. It crossed the Caribbean and was upgraded to Tropical Storm Karl on September 14. The cyclone made landfall on the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico as a strong tropical storm, and then rapidly strengthened in the Bay of Campeche before it made landfall near the city of Veracruz, on the central Mexican Gulf coast, as a major hurricane. This marked the first known time that a major hurricane existed in the Bay of Campeche. Afterwards, the storm rapidly weakened over the mountains of Mexico and dissipated on September 18. Category 3 hurricane: peak winds of 125 mph (110 knots), lowest pressure 956 mb. September 13 – September 18, 2010. Landfalls: September 15 at 65 mph, 18.5°N 87.8°W; September 17 at 115 mph, 19.3°N 96.2°W. Accumulated cyclone energy: 6.3. Wiki link Track: NOAA National Hurricane Center, HURDAT2 best track AL132010 (public domain).