Hurricane Anthony (2063)

Hurricane Anthony was the 1st named storm of the hyperactive 2063 Atlantic Hurricane Season. It was the costliest natural disaster, as well as the deadliest hurricane in the history of the United States. The storm is currently ranked as the most intense United States landfalling tropical cyclone, ahead of the 1935 Labor Day hurricane and Hurricane Camille in 1969. Overall, at least 12,435 people died in the hurricane and subsequent floods, making it the deadliest United States hurricane to form. Total property damage was estimated at $217 billion (2063 USD), more than double the damage that hurricane Katrina caused.

Anthony originated as a tropical wave leaving the coast of Africa. Early the next day the tropical wave would get enough organization to be classified as Tropical Depression One, and start off the 2063 Atlantic Hurricane Season. The depression would intensify into Anthony and would take a track northward to the Cape Verde island. Anthony would strengthen into a Category 1 before making landfall in the Cape Verde islands, prompting the first hurricane warnings on the islands since Hurricane Fred of 2015. Anthony would make a direct landfall in Cape Verde causing minor damages to the islands. Anthony would then weaken back into a tropical storm and track more westward.

Anthony would continue in open waters for the next few days, and it would strengthen into a Category 3 Hurricane. Anthony would then brush the Bahamas, causing moderate damage, and still strengthening. On July 8 Anthony would make landfall in Florida causing major damage, and major flooding for the state and the surrounding states. Anthony would then move into the Gulf of Mexico where it would acquire a worldwide record of 235 MPH winds and a extremely low pressure of 854 mb. Anthony would make landfall at this intensity and cause major damage for 13 different states. Anthony would cause major tornado outbreaks in Mississippi and Alabama, and major flooding problem for North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.

Anthony would move offshore and continue as a Category 2 Hurricane into the subtropical atlantic. Anthony would make landfall in Spain as a Category 1 Hurricane and finally degenerate into a remnant low on July 14. Anthony's remnants would cause minor damage in France and Italy. Anthony's remnants would dissipate on July 15.

Retirement
Because of the large death toll and destruction of property along the Gulf Coast, the name Anthony was officially retired on April 6, 2064, by the World Meteorological Organization at the request of the U.S. government. The name will never again be used for another North Atlantic hurricane. It was replaced by Axel on List III of the Atlantic hurricane naming lists, which will be used in the 2069 Atlantic hurricane season.