2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season (Brickcraft1)

The 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season was the 2nd most active on record, surpassing the 2016 season. The season had an astonishing 26 storms, 15 hurricanes, which is a tied record with 2005, and 8 major hurricanes, an all time high

May
The season started in early May, with the development of '''Tropical Storm Alex. '''A low pressure system southwest of Bermuda was noted for development, and on May 6, it made the transition to a subtropical storm. It continued to move northeast, and tropical storm warnings were raised for the island. Late on May 6, Alex became fully tropical as it speeded for Bermuda. On August 7, Alex peaked at 70 mph, and it's center passed directly over Bermuda, lashing the island with near hurricane force winds, causing damage. Two people were killed during a flash flood. Alex quickly moved off the island, however. Alex started to weaken, and continued to do so throughout May 8. As it moved into cold waters on May 9, it became Subtropical, then quickly extratropical. Tropical Storm Bonnie then developed. Beginning as a wave in the Gulf of Mexico, the storm would go on to landfall in Florida. The low pressure developed into Tropical Depression Two on May 16, in South of Louisiana. The storm began to move slowly southeast. Two did not strengthen much throughout the day, but on May 17, the depression became a tropical storm, as it began to curve northeast while far east of Tampa. Warnings were put in effect for the Big Bend. Bonnie was struggling amidst some wind shear as it still slowly moved towards its landfall location. The storm peaked at 60 mph, before landfall in the Big Bend of May 18. It chugged slowly over Florida, causing major flash flooding in the area. Winds knocked out power to at least 800,000 people. It moved out into the open Atlantic by late that day, and on May 19, began to drastically weaken. It sped off northeast, and on May 20, became extratropical south of Bermuda.

Later that month, a tropical depression developed in the Western Caribbean on May 30.It became a tropical storm quickly before landfalling in the Yucatan Peninsula. After this, it made an odd turn northeast and began to move for Florida. The storm intensified into Hurricane Colin before landfall. It was rare for it to be a hurricane that time of year, so it surprised Florida. It caused major damage and flooding before moving off the state and began to weaken. It turned extratropical on June 8.

June
An area of Low Pressure east of the Bahamas became a tropical depression on June 11. It was moving northwest, and then turned NNW amd became '''Tropical Storm Danielle. '''A few days later, Dainelle made a rare Georgia landfall at near hurricane strength. The storm rapidly weakened and became a remnant low on June 14, causing moderate damage.

A tropical wave well to the south of Haiti became a tropical depression on June 20, an odd location for that time of year. The storm was moving northwest and became a tropical storm while moving towards the Gulf of Mexico. The storm entered the Gulf and became '''Hurricane Earl. '''It rapidly intensified to a Category 3 major hurricane, an extremely rare occurrence. A few days later, Earl made landfall as a weak Category 2 in western Louisiana, before dissipating in Tennessee on June 29, causing considerable damage.

July
On the first day of the month, a tropical depression developed wesr of the Cape Verde islands. The depression quickly became a tropical storm. It moved west, and a few days later, became '''Hurricane Farah. '''It then moved northwest and then turned north, strengthening in the process. Soon, as it began to turn northeast, it peaked as a Category 3 hurricane. It then began to weaken, before dissipating on July 9 west of the Azores.