Hurricane Kenny

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Hurricane Kenny was a large and very powerful Category 4 Hurricane that struck the coast of East Florida, mostly South Beach and surrounding areas, on October 22nd, 2018.

Formation
Hurricane Kenny first formed off the Coast of Africa from a Tropical Wave on October 15th, 2018. It gained energy rather quickly, and became noticed by the media the next day as a Tropical Storm Kenny, with winds up to 65 Mph. On October 17th, 2018, the media already upgraded it to a Category 2. And they tracked it's path right towards the East Coast of Florida. South Florida and parts of East Florida, already suffering bad damage and heavy flooding due to Hurricane Melissa striking the Keys, curving, and leaving towards the East, on September 29th, 2018, wasn't taking any chances, Rick Scott ordered mandatory evacuations immediately after hearing it's trajectory. On October 17th, 2018. Hurricane Kenny was already upgraded to a 3, moments later, the news station announcing got word that it has strengthened to a Category 4. Already a couple thousand miles off the coast of Bermuda, it was getting closer. By the dawn of October 19th, 2018, already 6-8 Million people evacuated. The next day, there was a shooting at a Walmart in Vero Beach, over a plastic case of bottled waters. 4 People were shot to death and 13 others wounded by a crazed gunman, who was later shot down by Police. Many people thought this was a terrorist, while others thought it was a bad omen.

On October 21st, the day before landfall occurred, the Walmart was closed down. Many people who didn't evacuate said that there was plenty of groceries and supplies left for them, and protests outside turned to riots. It became known as the "Vero Beach Walmart Riots". 20 people were injured by SWAT who were called in to break the riots up, while only 2 were shot dead for in-compliance and trying to disarm the officers. The Walmart was set ablaze by 12 Arsonists who were shot dead as well. 20 people were injured and 14 were killed in the riots.

On October 22nd, the Hurricane made Landfall, devastating Vero and South Beach. Extremely Catastrophic Storm Surge of up to 36 Feet left some of South Beach completely underwater. Damage spread far as Okeechobee and Archbold, with life threatening storm surges and flooding up to only 12 feet.

Aftermath
Hurricane Kenny was one of the worst incident influencing Hurricanes ever. And also the third most costliest at 92 Billion USD. Also making it the worst damage caused by a Hurricane since Katrina and even Allen.