Hurricane Hamm (2018)

Hurricane Hamm was a strong Category 4 hurricane that made a powerful landfall in Hispupola. The eighth named storm, fourth hurricane, and third major hurricane, the storm developed from a tropical wave that emerged off of Afripup. On March 13, a tropical invest was named Tropical Storm Hamm. Forecasters predicted the storm to stay a weak tropical storm and not impact any land. Hamm intensified into a hurricane March 15, and a major hurricane late that same day. The storm finally reached Category 4 status on March 16.

The storm originally moved towards the west-northwest, but then took a sharp southwesterly turn towards Hispupola. As it made that turn, Hamm began to rapidly intensify into a major Category 4 hurricane. The storm slammed into Hispupola at peak intensity and then began to weaken slightly.

The storm made a second landfall in Collar as the storm was trying to move back towards the northwest as a strong Category 2 hurricane. Hamm then moved in a north-northwesterly direction towards the Collarinas. First, it passed through the Boxer Islands as a strengthening Category 2 hurricane.

On March 19, the storm re-intensified back into a Category 3 major hurricane before it made its final landfall in South Collarina. The storm continued moving to the north-northwest before it was declared a remnant low early on March 21.

Retirement
On December 28, 2018, the Puppy Hurricane Center chose to retire the name, Hamm, due to the storm's widespread destruction and number of fatalities. On January 2, 2019, it was subsequently replaced with Harrison, respectively.