Genevieve has formed in the eastern Pacific Ocean, rapidly intensifying over the weekend to become 2026’s first Category 5 hurricane by pre-dawn hours on Monday. Following its peak as a top-scale storm, the hurricane subsequently weakened.
The storm's escalation was marked by a rapid strengthening of 75 mph in just a 24-hour period. According to meteorological data, such explosive intensification is rare in the eastern Pacific, occurring in fewer than one percent of all six-hourly position and intensity estimates.
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