Eastern North Pacific Hurricane Season of 1997

The hurricane season of the eastern North Pacific basin is summarized and individual tropical cyclones are described. The number of tropical cyclones was near normal. Hurricane Pauline's rainfall flooding killed more than 200 people in the Acapulco, Mexico, area. Linda became the strongest hurricane on record in this basin with 160-kt 1-min winds. Corresponding author's address: Miles Lawrence, Tropical Prediction Center, 11691 S.W. 17 St., Miami, FL 33165-2149.