Hurricane Karl

{{Infobox Hurricane
 * Year=1998
 * Basin=Atl
 * Type=hurricane
 * Name=Hurricane Karl
 * Image location=Joaquin 2015-10-03 1437Z.png
 * Image name=Hurricane Karl at peak intensity, to the northeast of the Bahamas on September 1
 * Formed=August 28, 2015
 * Dissipated=September 19, 2015
 * Extratropical=September 18
 * 1-min winds=145
 * Pressure=900
 * Damages=5435
 * Fatalities=34 direct
 * Areas=Lucayan Archipelago, Cuba, Haiti, Southeastern United States, Bermuda, Azores, Iberian Peninsula, Morocco
 * Hurricane season=2015 Atlantic hurricane season

Hurricane Karl was a September storm of 1998,  Twelfth named storm of the 1998 Atlantic Hurricane season,  Fifth hurricane, and second major hurricane of the 1998 Atlantic Hurricane Season, Karl was a Cape-Verde type system, first forming on August 28, as it moved over waters on the Atlantic, it quickly gained speeds, reaching its peak as Category 5 165 MPH, Karl soon moved over Florida as it made landfall near Homestead, Florida, as it missed Landfall in the Bahamas but still caused heavy damage there, with it in the Southern United States, it brought with it a massive Tornado outbreak, mainly in Florida, Historic floods occured in Lousiana, as it made landfall there. Brining around 30-40 Inches alone in New Orleans, causing major flooding issues, Causing around $54.2 Billion, Making it the costliest storm until Katrina in 2005. (1998 USD)

Meteorological history
A tropical wave was detected over Africa on August 18, moving across the area, moving onto the Atlantic Ocean, it gained Hurricane Status not until nearly 10 days after formation, and as it tracked west, it started to gain winds very fast, getting from a 75 MPH to its peak 165 MPH in less than 24 Hours, nearly beating Andrew's record, On August 29, The storm reached 125, just 12 hours before gaining Hurricane Status, and gaining 165 MPH in just another 12 hours.

Bahamas


In the Bahamas, the Preperations were rushed due to limit of time of knowing that Karl would be a serios threat to the Bahamas, Models had predicted at least 20 feet surge in Nassau alone, The Goverment urged citizens to evacuate while they can from the coast, attempting to get as much inland as possible, 51 Shelters were opened to the Public, along with animals, Atleast 10,000 people were able to evacuate into these Shelters, By September 12, All watches and warnings were dropped as the Storm was making landfall in South Florida.



Florida
 Karl made landfall in the night of August 23-24 near Fort Lauradale, causing major damage and taking many by suprise as it made landfall in Mid-Night, but many were still prepared as 1.7 Million evacuated, lowering death toll, but at the same time making it higher as many car accidents occured as due to the extensive traffic due to the evacuation.

Louisiana
As Karl made landfall in Louisana, it made landfall near a sparsly populated area, But the storm was big enough to bring servere rainfall on New Orleans and surge, Surge had reached 15 feet, and rain dropped



was around 25 Inches, which was a new record for the area until Katrina of 2005.

Retirement
The name Karl was retired in the spring of 1998, and was repleced by Kent ahead of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season.