Hurricane Rhett

Hurricane Rhett, later known as Typhoon Rhett in the Pacific, was one of the strongest hurricanes on record, and the largest Atlantic hurricane on record. Rhett was the deadliest and strongest storm of the 2071 Atlantic Hurricane Season. Rhett was one of the few hurricanes to cross through the North Atlantic, East Pacific, and West Pacific basins. Spanning over 1500 miles long, Rhett was almost 400 miles wider than Hurricane Sandy.

Meteorological History
The origins in Hurricane Rhett were of a large, vigorous tropical wave that moved off the coast of West Africa on October 31. The wave was given a 80% chance of formation into a tropical cyclone within the next 48 hours late that night. Late on November 1, it was identified that the wave had quickly strengthened into Tropical Depression Nineteen. The next day, on November 2, Nineteen strengthened into Tropical Storm Rhett. At this point, forecasters thought Rhett would take the typical "Cape Verde-type hurricane" track and move off the northwest. However, Rhett continued to move straight westward as it strengthened into a stronger tropical storm late on November 2 with 65 mph winds. Satellite data on November 3 showed that Rhett had developed an eye feature, and at 10:00 AM AST on that day, it was announced that Rhett had strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane.