Hurricane Fausto was the seventh tropical depression, the sixth named storm of the 2008 Pacific hurricane season. It was also the third hurricane. Fausto was formed as a tropical wave on July 16 in the eastern Pacific Ocean off Central America and it developed into a tropical storm. Because of the warmer waters, the storm became a hurricane. It was just a minimal hurricane because it was expected to have just a minor and little effects on land. But it after just a few days, it was classified under the Category 2 hurricane with a maximum sustained winds of at least 160 kilometers per hour or equivalent to 100 miles per hour. Hurricane was a moderate-strength hurricane of this season. The weather bureau expected hurricane Fausto to be downgraded into a tropical storm and would turned into a tropical depression. The United States of America was not threatened by this hurricane but they are still prepared if it became as a major hurricane. Being prepared and optimistic are really significant in order to be calmed in a tragic situation.
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