2017 Atlantic hurricane season (Hyperactive WMHB)

The 2017 What-might-have-been Atlantic hurricane season is an hyperactive, costliest, and the deadliest season ever recorded worldwide. It consists of 28 named storms, 22 hurricanes, and 13 major hurricanes, with 6 being Category 5s. It is by far the costliest hurricane season on record, causing over $5 trillion in damages, which is also considered as costliest disaster worldwide. It also decimated a lot of states, like Florida, due to Hurricane Rita, and the East Coast, due to Hurricane Whitney. It is also the deadliest hurricane season, and one of the deadliest worldwide.

The season officially began on June 1 and ended on November 30. These dates historically describe the period of year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin. However, as shown by Hurricane Arlene in April, the formation of tropical cyclones is possible at other times of the year. At July, Hurricane Ghita hit areas of Guyana, Venezuela and later Dominica as a strong hurricane, causing mass death toll. Hurricane Jonas is a weak major hurricane, causing some damage in Mexico. Hurricane Maria caused a lot of deaths in Central America, and later devastated Texas and Louisiana. The "triple megas", which are Hurricane Rita, Seth and Taylor. The former caused unexpected damage, and it later grow up to a really huge hurricane, and also considered as the most intense and strongest winds on record. It also brought Florida to rubble. The second one didn't cause as much damage, but feared upon by most people. The latter caused huge damage in Mexico. Hurricane Whitney, known as "Hypercane Whitney" by the public, is the most devastating hurricane of all time. It also brought the East Coast to ruins, displacing people in areas such as New York. Hurricane Beta caused a lot of damage in Louisiana, with Category 5 winds. Hurricane Gamma caused unusual impact in Western Europe, causing a lot of damage.The last storm of the season is Hurricane Eta, which moved inside the Mediterranean Sea and classified as 'medicane'.

Season summary
The Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 2017. Among the busiest on record, the season produced twenty-eight tropical depressions, all of which further intensified into tropical storms. twenty-two hurricanes were recorded. Thirteen of the twenty-two hurricanes further strengthened into major hurricanes. Unlike the pattern of previous years that acted to steer many tropical cyclones harmlessly into the open Atlantic, 2017 featured a pattern conducive for landfalls; in fact, the season culminated into many separate landfalls by Atlantic named storms. Almost 50,000 deaths were recorded while total damage reached over $5 trillion, making the 2017 season as the costliest in recorded history.

April, May and June
Two months before the official hurricane season started, Hurricane Arlene formed as a subtropical depression, later becoming a subtropical storm, and later, a full tropical hurricane. It remained away from land, causing no impact. Arlene is also one of the few rare hurricanes to exist in April.

Tropical Storm Bret is another short-lived off-season storm, but in this case, it formed as full tropical. Bret caused some flooding in Gulf Cost, but the effects were not severe.

Eighteen days after the official start of the season, Hurricane Collette is another unusual South American-impacting hurricane. It impacted the areas of Guyana, French Guiana and Venezuela as minimal hurricane. It caused almost $600 million in damages and 89 deaths.

Hurricane Dennis is the next hurricane, which peaked at Category 2. It formed as a tropical wave, peaked intensity and hits Texas at it's peak. It caused a lot of damage, through wide-scale flooding. It caused almost $800 million damage.

July
The third hurricane of the season, Hurricane Emma, is a Category 2 hurricane which affected areas such as Caribbean and later, New England. It caused rough waves in all areas it affected, and it caused moderate damage.

Tropical Storm Ford is another weak tropical cyclone which affected the Cuba and Floridan coastline. It only caused rough waters and not much impact is caused.

The first major hurricane of the season, Hurricane Ghita, is the first of all destructive hurricanes. It peaked as a Category 4 and impacted Lesser Antilles, Guyana, Venezuela, Hispaniola and rest of the Caribbean. This July monster caused almost more than 1150 deaths and $4 billion in damages, mostly in Guyana, Venezuela and Hispaniola.

Hurricane Harold is a less destructive hurricane, which transversed Florida and Newfoundland. It peaked at Category 3 strength, making it the second major hurricane of the season. It caused light impact in areas affected.

August


Tropical Storm Irma is another tropical storm which affects Cuba and Florida. It forms on August 2 as a wave, and intensifying at peak winds of 50 mph. It slowly weakened and it later dissipated.

Hurricane Jonas is another major hurricane which caused heavy damage in Mexico. It formed in August 6, making it's first minimal hurricane landfall, and later it underwent explosive intensification, peaking at 130 mph, and it made landfall in Mexico. It caused heavy damage, amounting to $450 million.

A harmless storm, Tropical Storm Katrina, formed in August 9 off the coast of Africa. It didn't cause any known impact, and it peaked at 65 mph. It dissipated later on. A strong storm, Hurricane Lee is a very strong 150 mph storm which transversed the northern part. It's huge structure caused huge waves in Newfoundland and New England. It didn't caused much damage, due to it's main core not hitting any landmass.

Hurricane Maria is the first Category 5 hurricane of the season, causing catastrophic damage in Central America. It peaked with winds of 185 mph, and pressure of 899 mbar. It formed on August 17 and later it made landfall in South America. Later it grow to be a powerful Central American hurricane, and later it made landfall in Texas as Category 4. It caused massive damage in Texas and Central America, and one of the deadliest in the recent years. It caused a total damage of $75 billion and death toll of 6355.

Another tropical storm, Tropical Storm Nate, formed in Caribbean Sea as an invest, and it intensified and peaked with winds of 45 mph. It only caused minimal impact, mostly in Haiti and Cuba.

Tropical Storm Oriana is another weak tropical storm which formed in the Gulf of Mexico. It made landfall on Texas as a weak tropical storm, and didn't cause much impact. Hurricane Pierre is a Category 2 storm which hits Florida, Bahamas, and Georgia. It caused some flooding in areas mentioned above, but overall it's not all worse. Total damage was about $1 billion.

One of the costliest storms ever recorded, Hurricane Rita, otherwise known as "The Great Storm of 2017" and "Megastorm Rita", due to it's massive structure and unforgettable impact. Rita formed as a tropical wave and later emerged as a strong Category 5 hurricane in the Main Development Region. As it passes the Caribbean, it becomes larger and larger, at the same time, more intense, until it becomes super intense. It becomes so intense, reaching barometric pressure of 838 mbar, making it most intense storm ever recorded. It also has winds of 235 mph, some speculate it could have been much stronger. It made landfall in Florida, but it didn't weaken to Category 4 for a day, leaving Florida in ruins. Most of the well-known buildings, such as the Disneyland and the NHC Headquarters were rubbled and NHC was forced to retreat to a different place. It later weakened and turned extratropical. It almost totally destroyed Florida, as well as most of Caribbean, and leaving almost 15,000 dead, one of the highest in history, and damage of $1.7 trillion, making it the costliest hurricane ever recorded until Whitney, and the first natural disaster to reach $1 trillion in damages.

September
Hurricane Seth, the first September storm of the season is a massive hurricane which caused huge impact, mostly in United States and Canada, though not as severe as Rita and Whitney. Seth mostly avoided the already devastated Caribbean region after reaching Category 5 intensity. It then suffered some shear, but it is able to reach near New England as a Category 5, though a ridge brought it east. It made a cyclonic loop and hit Newfoundland as a minimal hurricane. Damage was above $1 billion.

A rare Category 5 hurricane, Hurricane Taylor formed in the Gulf of Mexico, then it emerged in the Bay of Campeche. Rapid intensification allowed Taylor to reach Category 5 status. It hit Mexico at peak intensity, causing damage more than $2.5 billion. It was weakened by mountain terrain, and degenerated. It's remnants contributed to a formation of a major hurricane in the Pacific.

Hurricane Vernon is a non-destructive Category 2 hurricane which only affected Cape Verde. It peaked as a Category 2 with winds of 105 mph and it's remnants later contributed to a stronger Hurricane Alpha. The most disastrous and costliest hurricane ever recorded, Hurricane Whitney, also known as "Hypercane Whitney", and "The Worst Nightmare", is the one which almost wiped out most of the northeast U.S. Forming in the Main Development Region, Whitney undergone explosive intensification and become a strong Category 5 hurricane. It narrowly avoided Puerto Rico, but it still brought tremendous damage to the area, as well as all of Caribbean. It grow big in size, and becoming deeper and deeper. It peaked with winds of 225 mph, and pressure of 858 mbar, behind Rita. Whitney began to encounter shear, but did not retaliate until it reached North Carolina. It began to weaken, and it made landfall in Long Island as a Category 4 hurricane, causing major hurricane situations. Whitney is by far the costliest hurricane ever recorded in history, due to massive surge wiping out most major cities like New York City and it also devastated landmarks like White House, Empire State Building and many more. Millions of people fled the affected areas, including the people in the White House and Pentagon. Besides that, most industries and homes are destroyed by surge, in other states such as New Jersey and all of New England. Effects went as far as Labrador in Canada. One weather reporter said that "Is this the end of the word" while Whitney was bringing massive surge. Due to these effects, total damage was amounted to $3 trillion, and death toll almost reached 30,000. It is by far the worst disaster ever encountered by the world.

Hurricane Collette
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Hurricane Ghita
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Hurricane Jonas
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Hurricane Maria
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Hurricane Rita
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Hurricane Seth
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Hurricane Taylor
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Hurricane Whitney
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Hurricane Beta
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Hurricane Gamma
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Hurricane Eta
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Storm Names
The following names were used for named storms that formed in the North Atlantic in 2017. The names not retired from this list were used again in the 2023 season. This is the same list used for the 2011 season, except for Jorge, Seth, and Taylor, which replaced Jorge, Sean, and Tilda. Names that were not assigned are marked in gray.

Retirement
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