Hurricane Danielle (2022)

Hurricane Danielle was an extremely powerful tropical cyclone which caused intensive damage in Anguilla, Turks & Caicos Islands, Canada, and the United States. As a category 4 storm, Danielle brush the eastern coast of the US before making landfall in Massachusetts as a major category 3 storm.

On July 28, a tropical wave exited the African coast, and the NHC began monitoring the wave for development. Four days later on August 1, the system intensified in to Tropical Depression Four. 12 hour later, Four developed into Tropical Storm Danielle on August 1. Danielle was very organized and on August 3, Danielle became the first hurricane of the season.On August 5, Hurricane Danielle went through rapid intensification quickly going from a category 1 to a category 4 in just a mere 20 hours. On August 6 2022, Danielle started to impact Anguilla with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph. At approximately 00:00 UTC on August 7, Hurricane Danielle reached peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph and a central pressure of 938 mbar. The next day after Danielle impacted the Turks and Caicos Islands, Danielle weakened to a category 3 storm as it rushed toward the United States. Two days later on August 10, Danielle restrengthened into a category 4 but then weakened to a category 3 again. On August 12, Hurricane Danielle made landfall near Cape Cod, Massachusetts as a category 3 storm. After causing catastrophic damage to Massachusetts, Danielle made a second landfall in Maine as a category 1 hurricane. On August 15, Danielle transitioned into an extratropical storm then restrengthened into a tropical storm but then on August 16 at approximately 6:00 UTC, Danielle dissapated over the cold waters of the North Atlantic.

Retirement
On April 18, 2023, the WMO retired the name Danielle from it's naming lists. Danielle was replaced by Desdemona for the 2028 Atlantic Hurricane Season