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==Preparations and impact==
[[File:Waldo 1985-10-08 2131Z.png|thumb|right|Hurricane Waldo intensifying as it approached the [[Baja Peninsula]] on October 8]]
In parts of [[Sinaloa]], people were evacuated and then granted refuge in shelters. In [[Los Mochis]], the Mexican Army was put on standby in the event the [[Fuerte River]] flooded.<ref name="Gettysburg Times">{{cite news|title=Hurricane Waldo Floods Mexico|newspaper=Gettysburg Times|date=October 10, 1985|page=3}}</ref> While no deaths or injuries were reported,<ref name=HDL>{{cite news|title=Hurricane damage slight|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6bNRAAAAIBAJ&pg=5883,3177642&dq=hurricane+waldo&hl=en|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|access-date=July 23, 2011|date=October 11, 1985}}</ref> much farmland and 600 houses were destroyed.<ref name="TCR"/> The Juarez River bursts its banks, flooding at least eight neighborhoods in [[Culiacán]]. Telephone service in [[Los Mochis]], Guarmuchil, and [[Guasave]] was cut when a [[communications tower]] was blown over.<ref name="Gettysburg Times"/> In Los Mochis, some schools and homes were destroyed and a few trees were uprooted.<ref name="TMG">{{cite web|last=Staff Writer|title=Flee to Waldo in Mexico|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gxUyAAAAIBAJ&pg=6944,5878655&dq=hurricane+waldo&hl=en|work=Montreal Gazette|access-date=2010-10-24|date=October 10, 1985}}</ref> A total of 10,000 people were left homeless across the state.<ref name="ERG">{{cite news|title=Hurricane hits Mexican coast|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=d2gVAAAAIBAJ&pg=4128,2231383&dq=hurricane+waldo&hl=en|work=[[Eugene Register-Guard]]|access-date=2010-10-23|date=November 9, 1985}}</ref> The peak rainfall total in Mexico from Waldo was {{convert|9.61|in|mm}} in Jocuixtita/San
In the [[United States]], heavy rainfall prompted flood watches for most of west [[Texas]].<ref name=HRCPBA>{{cite news|title=Heavy Rains Cover Permian Basin Area|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_zMhAAAAIBAJ&pg=5584,2130624&dq=hurricane+waldo&hl=en|newspaper=[[The Victoria Advocate]]|access-date=July 23, 2011|date=October 9, 1985}}</ref> The [[National Weather Service]] even noted the possibility of {{convert|12|in|mm|abbr=on}} of [[rain]] in some areas across the state.<ref name=HRFSIMO>{{cite news|newspaper=[[Dallas Morning News]]|title=Heavy rain floods street in Midland Oddesa|date=October 10, 1985}}</ref> Waldo contributed to rain heavy enough to cause some [[flash flood]]ing in the [[Permian Basin (North America)|Permian Basin]] area of Texas. Flood waters rose, leaving motorists stranded.<ref name=RSABS /> One motorist was stranded for 30 minutes before begin rescued by another car.<ref name=HRFSIMO /> [[Odessa, Texas]] received about {{convert|2|in|mm|abbr=on}} in a four and half-hour period.<ref name="HRCPBA"/> Torrential rainfall was recorded in Texas,<ref name=RSABS>{{cite news|title=Records Shatter as Butte Shivers|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zSURAAAAIBAJ&pg=4325,2753106&dq=hurricane+waldo&hl=en|newspaper=[[Gainesville Sun]]|access-date=July 23, 2011|date=October 10, 1985}}</ref> but the highest official rainfall total in the [[United States]] was {{convert|6.6|in|mm|abbr=on}}, recorded in [[Hobbs, New Mexico]].<ref name=WaldoRain>{{cite web|url=http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/tropical/rain/waldo1985.html|author=David M. Roth|format=GIF|publisher=[[Hydrometeorological Prediction Center]]|access-date=2009-03-06|title=Hurricane Waldo}}</ref> Flash floods affected the southern one–third of the state from rainfall associated from Waldo. Damage was estimated between $100,000–$1 million (1985 USD), mostly to crops, roads, and buildings.<ref>{{cite journal|page=25|title=Storm Data October 1985|number=10|volume=27|publisher=National Climatic Data Center|access-date=2012-03-26|url=http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/orders/IPS-44212CDA-6CF0-46E3-9200-B75C70EF062D.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6FGqWiHKy?url=http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/orders/IPS-58E239DC-3C7B-448A-A87E-2C6B1BB49C93.pdf|archive-date=March 20, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
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