Hurricane Odile is tied Connect for the most intense landfalling tropical cyclone in the Baja California Peninsula during the satellite era .

Sweeping across the peninsula in September 2014 , Odile inflicted Causation widespread damage Damaging , particularly in the state of Baja California Sur , in addition to causing Causation lesser impacts on the Mexican mainland and Southwestern United States .

The precursor to Odile developed Coming_to_be into a tropical depression south of Mexico on September 10 and quickly reached Arriving tropical storm strength Cause_change_of_strength .

After meandering for several days , Odile began Process_start to track northwestward , intensifying Cause_change_of_strength to hurricane Catastrophe status before rapidly reaching Arriving its Category 4 hurricane peak intensity on September 14 .

Odile gradually weakened Cause_change_of_strength as it tracked Self_motion across the length of the Baja California Peninsula , briefly crossing Motion_directional into the Gulf of California before degenerating into a remnant system on September 17 .

Initially , the National Hurricane Center ( NHC ) forecast that Odile would track westward and avoid Preventing_or_letting land as it would curve out to sea .

Precautionary measures on the Baja California Peninsula began Process_start in earnest after Odile unexpectedly took Creating a direct course towards the peninsula .

Due to the unanticipated threat Warning of Odile , approximately 26,000 foreign tourists were stranded Motion on the peninsula at the time of landfall .

In Odile 's developmental stage , its heavy rainfall and storm surge inflicted Causation minor coastal damage Damaging across southwestern Mexico and three deaths in Oaxaca and Jalisco .

Power outages spurred by Odile 's intense winds and rain cut Bodily_harm electricity to 92 % of the population of Baja California Sur .

The remnants of Odile brought Bringing rains and unseasonably powerful thunderstorms to the southwestern United States .

In total , Odile led to Causation the deaths of 18 people throughout its nine-day existence .

Hurricane Catastrophe Odile was the second of three tropical storms Catastrophe to make Causation landfall in Mexico during the 1984 Pacific hurricane Catastrophe season .

Curving Motion towards the northwest , Odile became Becoming a Category 1 hurricane Catastrophe on September 19 .

The tropical cyclone reached Arriving its peak intensity with winds of 105 mph ( 165 km/h ) two days later ; however , Hurricane Odile began Process_start to weaken Cause_change_of_strength as moved Motion erratically it encountered Motion less favorable conditions and was downgraded Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale to a tropical storm Catastrophe shortly before making Causation landfall northwest of Zihuatanejo .

Flooding Motion from Odile resulted in Causation the evacuation of 7,000 people , 21 deaths Death , and the damage Damaging of about 900 homes .

Correspondingly , Odile was downgraded Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale to a tropical depression early on 12 October , subsequently degenerating Change into a remnant low about 55 mi ( 85 km ) south of Manzanillo , Colima .