Heavy rains fell Motion_directional across parts of the Yucatán Peninsula , with accumulations peaking at in Cancún , the highest daily total seen in the city in nearly two years .

The remnants of the storm persisted until November 1 , at which time it was absorbed by a cold front on the northern end of the Yucatán Peninsula .

Following an earlier expedition led by Juan de Grijalva to Yucatán in 1517 , Spanish settler , Hernán Cortés , led an expedition ( `` entrada '' ) to Mexico .

Cindy formed Coming_to_be on July 3 just east of the Yucatán Peninsula in the Caribbean Sea .

The storm made landfall on the Yucatán Peninsula on August 21 at peak intensity .

While moving Motion inland over the Yucatán Peninsula , Keith weakened Cause_change_of_strength further , and was downgraded Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale to a tropical depression before emerging Coming_to_be into the Gulf of Mexico on October 4 .

However , it later regenerated Recovering into a tropical storm Catastrophe near Yucatán Peninsula .

The storm Catastrophe meandered Motion erratically until striking Attack the Yucatán Peninsula on November 11 and dissipating Change hours later .

Shortly thereafter , the storm Catastrophe curved Motion_directional northward while approaching Arriving the Yucatán Channel .

Late on September 7 , Carla entered Arriving the Gulf of Mexico while passing Motion_directional just northeast of the Yucatán Peninsula .

While crossing Motion_directional the Yucatán Channel , the outer bands of Carla brought Bringing gusty winds and severe local flooding Motion in western Cuba and the Yucatán Peninsula , though no damage Damaging or fatalities were reported Reporting .

While crossing Motion_directional the Yucatán Channel , the outer bands of Carla brought Bringing gusty winds and severe local flooding Motion in western Cuba and the Yucatán Peninsula , though no damage Damaging or fatalities were reported Reporting .

In the first half of the 16th century , Spain established Creating neighbouring colonies in Yucatán to the north and Guatemala to the south .

Spanish missionaries laid the groundwork for the extension of colonial administration in the extreme south of Petén from 1596 onwards , but no further Spanish entry of central Petén took place Process_start until 1618 and 1619 when missionaries arrived at Arriving the Itza capital , having travelled Traveling from the Spanish town of Mérida in Yucatán .

In 1622 a military expedition set out Departing from Yucatán led by Captain Francisco de Mirones and accompanied by Franciscan friar Diego Delgado ; this expedition was a disaster Catastrophe , and the Spanish were massacred Attack by the Itza .

In 1695 a military expedition tried to reach Arriving Lake Petén Itzá from Guatemala ; this was followed in 1696 by missionaries from Mérida and in 1697 by Martín de Ursúa 's expedition from Yucatán that resulted in Causation the final defeat Conquering of the independent kingdoms of central Petén and their incorporation Dispersal into the Spanish Empire .

Due to its close Body_movement proximity to land , the system failed to intensify Cause_change_of_strength before crossing Motion_directional the southern Yucatán Peninsula .

As a tropical wave , Gert crossed Motion_directional Honduras and the Yucatán peninsula before organizing into Tropical Depression Seven on the afternoon of July 23 in the Bay of Campeche .

Continuing to gradually strengthen Cause_change_of_strength , Diana made its first landfall in Mexico 's Yucatán Peninsula as a strong tropical storm Catastrophe late on August 5 .

Diana left Departing relatively minor impacts in the Yucatán Peninsula .

It moved Motion across the Yucatán Peninsula as a tropical depression before rapidly intensifying Cause_change_of_strength into a hurricane Catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico .

Shortly thereafter , the depression moved Motion inland over the Yucatán Peninsula and later emerged Coming_to_be into the Gulf of Mexico on September 15 .

While crossing Motion_directional the Yucatán Peninsula , the storm Catastrophe dropped Motion_directional heavy rainfall , with a few areas experiencing Confronting_problem more than of precipitation .

However , it gradually intensified Cause_change_of_strength , and reach Achieve hurricane strength south of Jamaica on August 25 before coming Arriving ashore the Yucatán Peninsula late on August 27 .

Carmen moved Motion ashore on the Yucatán Peninsula , where , despite striking a sparsely populated region , it caused Causation significant crop damage and killed Killing several people .

After weakening Cause_change_of_strength over the Yucatán Peninsula , it moved Motion into the Bay of Campeche , where it slightly strengthened Cause_change_of_strength before making its final landfall near Veracruz on September 29 .

A Category 5 upon landfall on the Yucatán Peninsula , Janet caused Causation severe devastation in areas of Quintana Roo and British Honduras .

Janet 's landfall as a Category 5 hurricane Catastrophe on the Yucatán Peninsula was the first recorded instance that a storm of such intensity in the Atlantic made landfall on a continental mainland ; prior to Janet , landfalls of Category 5 intensity were only known Know to have taken place Process_start on islands .

Moving Motion to the northwest , the storm slowly intensified Expansion , reaching Arriving tropical storm Catastrophe strength on August 21 and subsequently attaining Getting hurricane Catastrophe strength after passing Motion_directional through the Yucatán Channel .

Later , the hurricane Catastrophe moved Motion across the Caribbean Sea , causing Causation light damage Damaging in the sparsely populated region of the eastern Yucatán Peninsula .

The system subsequently made landfall Arriving in the Yucatán Peninsula as a Category 4 .

After weakening Cause_change_of_strength , it made Manufacturing landfall on the Yucatán Peninsula , destroying Destroying several houses .

One person was killed Killing offshore Progreso , Yucatán during the storm Catastrophe .

By October 16 , the storm attained hurricane status to the east of the Yucatán Peninsula , and subsequently executed Self_motion a small counterclockwise loop .

The hurricane Catastrophe threatened Warning the northern Yucatán Peninsula , and although it remained offshore , Inez produced flooding and caused Causation some power outages .

It strengthened Cause_change_of_strength to a peak intensity of 135 mph ( 215 km/h ) prior to landfall Arriving on Quintana Roo , Yucatán Peninsula .

Initially , the National Hurricane Center ( NHC ) and various tropical cyclone forecast models anticipated a turn Change to the north , threatening the Yucatán Peninsula .

Mitch accelerated Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale to the northeast ahead of a cold front , moving Motion across the Yucatán Peninsula before striking Attack southwestern Florida on November 5 .

Moving Motion towards the west-northwest , the cyclone clipped the northern portion of the Yucatán Peninsula before entering Arriving the Gulf of Mexico .