Hurricane Emilie

Hurricane Emilie
On August 17, An area of low pressure 150 miles northeast of St. Maarten was rapidly organizing and was given a 100% chance of development within 6 hours into a Tropical Storm, or a Hurricane. The area of disturbed weather became Tropical Storm Emilie, when Reconnaissance Aircraft detected 40 MPH winds. On the 19th, Tropical Storm Emilie went through a rapid deepening and strengthened into a strong Category 2 Hurricane in just 6 hours. Emilie kept strengthening further until it reached peak intensity. Emilie was heading NE towards Bermuda as a Category 5 Hurricane. Emilie narrowly missed landfall, but its effects were still damaging. Hamilton, Bermuda recorded a wind gust of 132 MPH on August 21. Emilie encountered wind shear and rapidly weakened on the 22nd. Emilie dissipated on August 23rd. Emilie killed almost all the people on the island. Damages were estimated to be in the 90-120 Million USD range.