Hurricane Virginie

Hurricane Virginie was the most intense tropical cyclone in the Atlantic basin, with wind speeds of 190 mph and a minimum central pressure of 879 mbar. The twenty-third named storm and eleventh hurricane of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, Virginie caused extensive damage in Cuba, and became the first category 5 hurricane to make landfall in the United States since Hurricane Andrew in 1992, causing catastrophic damage in Alabama and Mississippi. It was also the second-costliest tropical cyclone in the Atlantic, causing $92 billion USD in damage.

Hurricane Virginie made landfall twice. First in Cuba at peak intensity, where more than $50 billion was caused in damage. Virginie's second landfall was in Alabama, causing a further $40 billion in damage. The storm stayed at hurricane intensity in Carroll County, MS, before becoming extratropical over Kentucky, being absorbed by a front on November 12th.

Virginie left extensive damage on the Gulf Coast, which had been rebuilding from Hurricane Marco in 2020. More than 200,000 families were left homeless, and 2,380 people lost their lives in Cuba and the Gulf Coast. It was the worst natural disaster in the United States since Hurricane Harvey in 2017, and the first hurricane to reach a minimum pressure below 900 millibars since Hurricane Wilma.