Hypercane Alberto (2018, HTMC)

Hurricane Alberto is currently a catastrophic and historic hurricane threatening the Southeastern United States. The first named storm, hurricane and major hurricane of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Alberto formed out of a non-tropical area of low pressure to the southeast of Bermuda on February 23, and rapidly organized into a tropical storm early on February 24. Alberto quickly strengthened into a hurricane later that day, the first in recorded history. Afterwards, explosive intensification took over as the cyclone moved to the northwest, and Alberto grew into a monster Category 8 on February 26. Based on recent observations, there is a chance Alberto may become a hypercane before landfall.