The 1934 Pacific hurricane season ran through the summer and fall of 1934. Before the

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age started in the 1960s, data on east Pacific hurricanes was extremely unreliable. Most east Pacific storms were of no threat to land.

Systems

Possible Tropical Cyclone One

A possible tropical cyclone, with a ship-reported pressure of , was located southwest of Acapulco from July 8 to 9.

Possible Hurricane Two

On July 18, a possible hurricane existed north of Cape Corrientes.

Hurricane Three

Somewhere south of Acapulco, a tropical cyclone formed on September 16. It headed along the coast, not strengthening much until September 18. It was a hurricane by September 19. For the next three days, it slowly moved through the area south of the Gulf of California. It had weakened to a depression by September 22, whence it made landfall on the Baja California Peninsula and dissipated. The lowest pressure reported by a ship was . This hurricane caused death and destruction throughout the southern part of the Baja California Peninsula. A large number of people were killed, and many were injured. The hurricane left twenty thousand people homeless and reduced to hunger. Damage was particularly heavy in

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. Electricity and water utilities were severely disrupted. The hurricane destroyed the area's

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crop, and severely disrupted sugarcane plantations. It also destroyed a recently finished highway between La Paz and San Bartolo, and flooded mines near San Antonio and Triunfo. The total damage was estimated at 500,000,000 pesos (1934 MXP). The

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sent aid to the affected area, along with the International Red Cross.

Hurricane Four

On October 14, well off the coast of Mexico, a tropical storm was noticed. It headed north towards the Gulf of California, and dissipated October 16. The cyclone was a hurricane, and a ship reported a pressure of .

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