Hurricane Ricardo (2018)

Hurricane Ricardo was a very powerful hurricane that made a strong Category 4 landfall in the Floridog Keys and another Category 4 landfall in the panhandle of Floridog. The eighteenth named storm, eighth hurricane, and fifth major hurricane, the storm developed two days after it emerged off of Afripup. On June 26, an invest in the open Doglantic was named Tropical Storm Ricardo. Forecasters predicted the storm to become a very strong Category 5 storm, and sure enough, it lived up to the heighth. Ricardo moderately intensified and became a hurricane on June 27 and a major hurricane the next day. Late on June 30, the storm became only the second Category 5 storm of the season.

The storm first impacted the Bulldog Islands as a Category 5 hurricane. The storm knocked several trees down and many buildings were either damaged or destroyed. The storm continued to impact areas in the northern Collarpuppian, such as Port Terrier, Hispupola, and Collar. The Boxer Islands got the next brunt of the storm as they saw the worst impacts of all the areas affected.

Finally on July 4, the storm weakened into a Category 4 hurricane, but immediately it make landfall in the southern tip of Floridog and some of its keys. Then, Ricardo moved into the Gulf of Mexipup and maintained Category 4 intensity. Late on July 5, the storm made its final landfall in the panhandle of Floridog as a moderate Category 4 hurricane. From there, Ricardo rapidly weakened and finally degenerated into a remnant low on July 7.