2034 Atlantic hurricane season (Hype/Sassmaster)

The 2034 Atlantic hurricane season was hyperactive because of a "Super La Niña", this season broke the previous record active 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, having become the most active, destructive, and costliest, and one of the most deadliest Atlantic hurricane seasons on record.

January and February
The season got off to an active start, when an extratropical system exited the East Coast of the United States and began to transition into a tropical system as it crossed the Northern Atlantic. This system eventually became known as Hurricane Archie, which briefly peaked at 95 MPH before weakening back to a tropical storm due to wind shear. It later dissipated to the west of the Azores on January 21, having never made landfall, thus resulting in no damages or fatalities.

The Atlantic remained quiet after several low-pressure systems failed to develop into anything tropical. However, an early-season tropical wave managed to maintain organization as it strengthened into a tropical depression just north of Turks and Caicos. This system eventually became the first major hurricane of the season, Category 3 Hurricane Bailey, which produced indirect effects on the U.S., later becoming extratropical and merging with an upper level low pressure system packing heavy snows after moving out of Quebec. Bailey then became an extratropical winter system equivalent to a C1 hurricane which later slammed Nova Scotia, producing heavy snows, high winds, and blizzard-like conditions that actually shut the country the down for a one-week period after the storm's landfall.

May and June
An upper-level low combined with an occluded frontal system resulted in the formation of a Subtropical Depression on May 23. Within hours, this system became known as Subtropical Cyclone Cameron, which would continue to track across the Northern Atlantic, creating a path much similar to Archie in late January. Cameron later turned extratropical near the Azores, producing light rain and high winds. Damage, if any, was minimal. May ended with the formation of Tropical Depression Four, which later became Tropical Storm Darla. Darla caused caused moderate damage to Haiti at its peak intensity of 55 MPH, mainly downing trees and affecting electrical grids, later going on to affect Turks and Caicos as a depression, bringing a minor storm surge and flooding rains, eventually lasting into June, dissipating on June 2.

June continued with bursts of activity with the development of Tropical Storm Emilio on June 5. Emilio caused significant damage in the Yucatán Peninsula and in Mexico & Texas, dropping very high amounts of rainfall, as well as causing damage with high winds. Emilio dissipated over Louisiana on June 10, having been one of the most destructive storms of the season at the time, until several catastrophic storms developed when activity really picked up at the end of June. Tropical Depression Ten developed just hours after Emilio was first classified, strengthening from the same tropical wave that spawned Emilio after the wave split. Ten followed a near identical track to Emilio, causing severe thunderstorm-type conditions in the Cayman Islands as well as Mexico prior to being absorbed by the remnants of Emilio on June 10. The next storm to develop, Category 4 Hurricane Felicia, developed from a well-organized tropical system, eventually making a devastating hit on North Carolina at major hurricane intensity, becoming the most devastating storm to strike the state since 2003's Isabel (until later), causing massive devastation to the city of Wilmington and surrounding communities, going on to cause major damage across the United States and Canada, where the storm produced an EF4 tornado.

Hurricane Gordon, the first Category 5 of the season, caused major damage across the Greater Antilles, Florida, and Louisiana, becoming one of the strongest landfalling tropical cyclones in the United States since 1969's Camille. Gordon was costlier and deadlier than 2005's Hurricane Katrina, and is the most intense tropical cyclone to form before August, completely shattering Emily's 2005 record when Gordon hit a pressure of 900 mbar - the equivalent to 1969's Hurricane Camille. In the end, Gordon caused more in damages than Hurricane Katrina, but was later surpassed by the next storm of the season, which, would also landfall in the United States as a Category 5 hurricane.

July and August
July started off strong with Hurricane Gordon strengthening to Category 2 near Puerto Rico. On July 6, a disturbance near Cape Verde would later intensify to a catastrophic storm; Category 5 Hurricane Haley. Haley quickly became a Category 5 as it approached landfall in the eastern United States. Haley, although not as intense as Gordon, would cause more than double the amount in damages that Gordon was responsible for during its landfall; Haley would become the strongest and most devastating storm to strike North Carolina upon landfall, even stronger than Felicia a month earlier, having moved inland, much like the previous storm. Haley would eventually be the costliest natural disaster in history, as well as the most devastating in United States, especially North Carolina, history. Subtropical Depression Ten later developed at the time Haley became a Category 2 - having been pushed towards landfall in northern Florida. The system caused rainy and windy conditions confined to a 20-mile radius from where the storm made landfall, due to its relatively small size. No major damage or fatalities exacted from the storm. Only two days after Ten's formation, a Cape Verde tropical wave developed off the coast of Africa. This came to be known as Hurricane Irving. Irving peaked at Category 2 intensity, but never affected land while tropical, breaking a trend seen by the storms earlier in the season, in which every storm following Tropical Storm Darla made landfall. However, Irving did make landfall in Iceland as a destructive extratropical C1 storm, causing significant damage, especially along coastlines. Hurricane Justine developed days after Irving's formation, eventually peaking to be a mid-level Category 4 hurricane with 140 MPH winds. Like Irving, Justine followed a nearly identical track, peaking several miles west of the Azores islands. Justine did not make landfall while tropical, but caused minimal damage in Iceland as an extratropical cyclone. All in all, Justine was very much like Irving, only much stronger in intensity.

Hurricane Archie
On January 16, an extratropical low pressure system the NHC had been monitoring took on subtropical characteristics as the system intensified to Subtropical Depression One. By the end of that day, One continued to gradually intensify and eventually shed its subtropical characteristics. The next day, One began a track SE towards more favorable conditions, allowing the storm to intensify to 60 MPH, earning the name "Archie." Archie continued to explosively intensify, rather unusual for a cyclone to form in January. Late January 17, Archie took a direct southward shift. By the next day, winds within Archie's core were 80 MPH, making Archie the first hurricane of the season. Archie then shifted NE, continuing to deepen. On January 18, Archie peaked at 95 MPH, but soon after, began to disorganize in structure after colliding with a trough of wind shear in the Northern Atlantic. Disorganization continued into January 20 when Archie weakened back to 60 MPH, as cooler water temperatures and wind shear began to pull Archie apart. On January 21, Archie was blown completely apart as it began an extratropical transition, thus resulting in its dissipation. Archie never made landfall, thus resulting in no damages or fatalities.

Hurricane Bailey
Hurricane Bailey was an unusual storm because it was a rare pre-season major hurricane that formed in the month of February, and it dissipated as a strong winter storm equivalent to a C1 tropical cyclone. On February 27, a tropical disturbance was spotted in the Northern Atlantic by the NHC. Because of the time of year, the NHC gave the system a moderate chance of earning hurricane status, at 35%. Later that day, low levels of wind shear and unusually warm water temperatures of 88º Fahrenheit caused the system to become Tropical Depression Two. The next day, intensification continued and the storm later intensified to a 50 MPH Tropical Storm, earning the name Bailey. By March 1, Bailey began to grow in size as convection increased at the storm's core, decreasing the pressure still but raising the wind speed to 80 MPH, making the storm a C1 hurricane. After reaching 80 MPH, Bailey shifted NNE and moved almost parallel to the U.S. Coast. By the end of the day March 1, Bailey attained winds of 100 MPH, essentially making the storm a C2. On March 2, the hurricane peaked as a 120 MPH C3 that skirted Bermuda, causing severe damage with high waves and gale-force winds, missing a direct impact by 210 miles. Continuing NNE, the hurricane had weakened back to a C1 on March 3, after colliding with a trough of wind shear and cooler waters that affected the storm's development. Later that day, Bailey began an extratropical transition, despite the fact that the system was still producing hurricane-force winds near 75 MPH. Advisories were issued for Nova Scotia as Bailey's remnants approached. Late March 3, Bailey's remnants had transitioned back to a severe winter storm after merging with another winter low-pressure system moving away from New Brunswick. The storm produced heavy snows and 70 MPH winds across Nova Scotia, resulting in widespread blackouts and snowbounds across the country. Damage was extensive, which resulted in a complete shutdown of the country that lasted up to one week. On March 4, Bailey dissipated near Prince Edward Island and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, having resulted in $450 million in damages and nearly 70 fatalities.

Subtropical Cyclone Cameron
On May 23, an upper-level non-tropical low began to organize itself as favorable conditions brought in more storm development into the month of May. The system, just two miles southwest of Bermuda, began to track SE, producing light rain showers and gale-force winds on the island. Within hours, the system took on subtropical characteristics and intensified to 45 MPH, earning the name "Cameron." On May 24, Cameron took a slight dip SSE before shifting NE and continuing to track that way for the remainder of its life span. On May 25, Cameron failed to take on tropical characteristics as the structure remained disorganized and was held together only by loose circulation, resulting in the continuous dissipation and reformation of the storm's outer rain bands. Later that same day, an NHC recon flight found winds exceeding 85 MPH in the storm's core, thus making Cameron a "subtropical hurricane" equivalent to a C1. However, Cameron's loose organization inhibited further development of the system as cooler North Atlantic waters and increasing levels of wind shear began to severely affect the system as it traveled further northeast. On May 26, Cameron weakened back to 50 MPH as it underwent an eyewall-replacement cycle, further weakening the storm. On May 27, Cameron turned extratropical as it neared the Azores, where Moderate Storm Warnings were issued for May 28. On May 28, Cameron finished its extratropical transition back to a 37 MPH depression that later made landfall in the Azores, bringing light rain and blustery winds that resulted in minimal damage and no fatalities. Cameron's remnants later dissipated that day just north of the Azores.

Tropical Storm Darla
On May 30, a tropical wave 250 miles East of the Lesser Antilles began to organize and define its structure, eventually strengthening to 35 MPH, becoming Tropical Depression Four. Four moved over the Lesser Antilles later that day, having caused very minor damage and resulting in no deaths, later emerging into the favorable environment of the Caribbean. By the next day, convection increased in the storm's core as the system continued to develop. A recon flight found winds near 50 MPH within Four's core, earning the storm the name "Darla." At the end of that day, Darla peaked at 55 MPH prior to shifting NE and making landfall in Haiti. Spotty power outages and considerable building damage resulted from Darla's landfall; damages totaling $33 million, as well as resulting in 17 deaths. Shortly after making landfall in Haiti, Darla began to weaken rapidly due to high levels of wind shear found North of the Caribbean. On June 2, Darla weakened back to 30 MPH before beginning an extratropical transition east of Turks and Caicos. Darla's remnants dissipated later that day in the Northern Atlantic.

Tropical Storm Emilio
On June 5, a tropical disturbance formed WNW of the Lower Lesser Antilles and began to rapidly organize and strengthen within hours of first developing. By the end of the day, the strengthening invest was now Tropical Depression Five. Five continued to track NW across the Caribbean as convection continued to build up within the storm's eyewall. On June 6, Five had winds speeds reaching 55 MPH, essentially becoming a tropical storm with the name Emilio. Emilio continued on a northwest track, continuing to organize and grow in size and intensity. Emilio passed to the south of Jamaica while at 60 MPH; the storm's outer rain bands enveloping the island, causing 35 MPH winds and dropping over 4 inches of rain, resulting in minor damages. Emilio then passed near the Cayman Islands, causing spotty power outages due to high winds exceeding 65 MPH and heavy rainfall totaling 8 inches alone on the Grand Cayman. The NHC issued Tropical Storm Warnings for the Yucatán as Emilio made landfall there the next day at peak intensity - 71 MPH, 991 mbar.

On June 7, Emilio took another slight shift NW and made landfall in the eastern edge of the Yucatán, causing problems with a ten foot storm surge and near hurricane-force winds. Damaging winds resulted in widespread power outages, most heavily concentrated in Cancún, where damage was the worst. Emilio's rainfall totaled eleven inches in some areas, as well as wind gusts resulting in heavy sign and tree damage, resulting in road closures all over the eastern portion of the peninsula. An EF0 tornado confirmed near Playa del Carmen caused minor damage. In total, Emilio caused over $280 million in damages and resulted in 24 fatalities across the peninsula. Emilio weakened back to 60 MPH after hitting the Yucatán and then re-emerged over the Gulf of Mexico on July 8. Emilio briefly strengthened to 65 MPH alongside the coast of eastern Mexico; the storm producing light rain in Mexico. Emilio then weakened to 55 MPH prior to making landfall in Galveston, Texas, bringing much needed rain to the drought-stricken area. On July 10, Emilio shifted NNE over Central Texas, having finished an extratropical transition as the storm died down to 30 MPH. The remnants of Emilio dissipated later the day in Oklahoma, having caused less damage when compared to Emilio's landfall in the Yucatán; damages remaining mainly minimal.

Tropical Depression Six
Within hours of Tropical Depression Five (later Tropical Storm Emilio) first forming, the remnants of the same tropical wave that spawned that storm collectively organize into an invest who's core deepened rather quickly. On June 6, wind shear from the strengthening Tropical Storm Emilio slightly inhibited development, but the system managed to strengthen to 30 MPH later that day, passing to the South of Hispaniola, skirting the edge of the island with light rain showers. TD Six then shifted WNW slightly and hit Jamaica, dumping over 7 inches of rain, resulting in minor flooding all over the island. On June 7, just as Emilio hit the Yucatán, TD Six peaked at 35 MPH prior to tracking through Guantanamo Bay, clipping both the Southeastern end of Cuba and producing moderate winds and rain showers in the Cayman Islands, resulting in very minimal damage. Continuing to press NW, Six remained annular as it made a slight landfall in Sandino, Cuba, causing very minimal damage. However, increased convection at the Southeastern edge of the system turned thunderstorm activity severe, resulting in the formation of a possible tornado in Nueva Gerona, where gusts were recorded maxing at 55 MPH along with the fact that nearly nine inches of rain fell in that area, causing treacherous road conditions as well as sporadic flooding. The Cayman Islands were somewhat less affected; receiving only 4-5 inches of rain and lower wind gusts.

TD Six began to weaken after hitting the Cayman Islands as well as Cuba, continuing to follow a nearly identical track to Tropical Storm Emilio, a rapidly-strengthening tropical storm that slammed the Yucatán at peak intensity, almost simultaneously to the time TD Six hit the Cayman Islands and part of Cuba at a peak intensity of 35 MPH. However, the southeastern end of the storm began to develop severe thunderstorm-type activity, inhibiting further development as the increased activity began to affect the system's circulation. Increasing wind shear from TS Emilio further deteriorated Six's structure as the the depression's outer rain bands began to dissipate. On June 9, after skirting to the east of the Yucatán, having produced only rain showers, emerged over the Gulf of Mexico. However, the severe thunderstorm activity at the southeastern edge of the storm caused heavy damage in Playa del Carmen, already considerably damaged by TS Emilio only a day before. Eventually, TD Six broke into two separate cells after making landfall in Texas; the weaker half being absorbed by Extratropical Storm Emilio over Dallas, meanwhile, the extratropical-turned remnants of the severe thunderstorm half resulted in heavy rainfall in Lake Charles, LA, where the storm later dissipated on June 10, having caused minimal damages and no deaths.

Hurricane Felicia
On June 17, a tropical wave near the Virgin Islands began to organize a decreasing central area of low pressure, later strengthening to Tropical Depression Seven that evening. The next day, the system continued to deepen rapidly, having sifted WNW into the Northern Atlantic, where favorable conditions of warm temperatures near 90º Fahrenheit and low levels of wind shear allowed for rapid intensification to take place. Within hours, winds within the TD Seven's core reached 60 MPH, thus earning the storm the name "Felicia." Felicia only remained a TS for several hours as a pinhole eye developed as the pressure within the storm's core continued to drop; the structure becoming more increasingly well-defined as the storm reached speeds of 75 MPH, having become a Category 1 hurricane. Felicia, only 233 miles away from Turks and Caicos, continued to grow in structure as the storm's eyewall expanded to 479 miles wide. Early June 22, Felicia attained winds of 105 MPH, having become a C2 as the NHC issued Hurricane Warnings for Georgia and South Carolina as the storm continued to approach from the southeast. Later that day, Felicia grew to 940 miles in width as an NHC recon flight reported winds near 130 MPH within the storm's inner eyewall before mysteriously disappearing a few hours later. Soon after, Felicia was upgraded to 135 MPH with a pressure of 938 mbar following the recon flight's report of winds near 130 MPH. On June 23, Felicia peaked at 155 MPH shortly after the U.S. President issued mandatory evacuations from Charleston, SC to Jacksonville, NC.

Prior to Felicia's landfall, the storm's strong indirect effects were felt from Miami, Florida to Virginia Beach, Virginia. The storm's low pressure and intense wind speeds resulted in large swells of water as well as powerful rip currents that resulted in boating accidents and several reports of dead swimmers as far south as Fort Lauderdale, causing the closings of numerous beaches from Florida to Virginia. In addition, large swells of water disturbed much of the ocean life, resulting in a plethora of reports about washed up dead fish and other sea life on beaches as far south as Miami, Florida. Boating accidents were common as unusually high waves along the coasts of the Carolinas were to blame for several severe boating crashes, which resulted in the deaths of three people. At 10:00 P.M. EST on June 23, Felicia had weakened back to 145 MPH as it made landfall in Wilmington, North Carolina, causing major and extensive damage, being one of the strongest and most intense hurricanes to hit the state since Ophelia of 2005 and Isabel of 2003. Felicia brought with it a storm surge with waves exceeding 25 FT in height, resulting in the absolute destruction of beachfront properties and buildings. Winds exceeding 140 MPH resulted in downed trees and damaged buildings all across the state, as well as widespread power outages and sporadicly scattered debris due to extreme weather conditions. Land and terrain interaction eventually caused a rapid decrease in Felicia's intensity, degenerating to 90 MPH prior to hitting Charlotte. Over 16 inches of rain fell during the storm's landfall in NC, resulting in large-scale flash flooding in many areas of the state, resulting in further damages. Felicia further weakened to 70 MPH prior to exiting North Carolina, still remaining tropical as the structure held together. The storm continued NW, eventually crossing into Ohio on June 26, causing moderate damages with 65 MPH winds and heavy rains, as well as spawning several minor tornadoes in the southern part of the state. The storm briefly strengthened whilst over Toledo, Ohio, producing 70 MPH wind gusts, causing power outages as well as downed trees, electrical wires, and road signs. Damage was most severe at Owens College, where a downed tree fell on an office/utility building, resulting in the deaths of the two people inside. Felicia later turned extratropical over Lake Michigan prior to turning ENE, producing a strong EF4 tornado in the Lake Simcoe Basin of Quebec, resulting in five deaths and nearly $670 million in damages to residential neighborhoods and strip malls alike. Felicia's remnants later dissipated that same day, leading to a nationwide celebration known as "Bye Felicia," to which people no longer had to worry about the catastrophic storm. In total, Felicia was one of the worst hurricanes to strike the Eastern United States, having resulted in $14.5 billion in damages; $7 billion in North Carolina alone, as well as being directly responsible for the deaths of 178 people, leading to the retirement of the storm's name; Felicia, in 2017.

Hurricane Gordon
On June 27, a tropical wave developed over western Guinea and began to track WNW as it entered the North Atlantic, keeping to the south of Cape Verde. Within hours, the wave began to develop under more stable conditions as a center of low-pressure developed. Wind speeds in the core reached 30 MPH, thus making the system a depression as it passed to the south of Cape Verde, brushing the islands with light rain showers. On June 28, TD Eight developed a small, ragged eye as the system continued to intensify, soon reaching Tropical Storm status when winds within the storm's core reached 45 MPH. Within a two-hour period, the newly-named Tropical Storm Gordon reached wind speeds of 65 MPH, along with a rapid drop in pressure to 993 mbar. On June 29, Gordon strengthened to 70 MPH, and, later, 80 MPH, thus becoming a C1 hurricane. Throughout the day, Gordon's organization continued to rapidly improve, meanwhile the NHC issued Hurricane Warnings for the Virgin Islands as well as Puerto Rico and parts of the Turks and Caicos as the rapidly-intensifying storm continued to approach. The next day, Gordon was greatly impacted by the Brown Ocean Effect as the storm underwent an explosive intensification pattern. At 9:47 A.M. EST, Gordon passed to the north of the Virgin Islands, having strengthened to 105 MPH as the storm's organization continued to improve. The storm's outer eyewall caused considerable damage to the islands, having brought 75 MPH winds and heavy rains, along with a westward-moving storm surge exceeding 14 feet in height. Gordon was responsible for causing spotty power outages as well as downed trees and power lines, in addition to destroying piers and small craft with high waves. Scattered loss of water and food lasted for nearly two weeks after Gordon's landfall. In total, Gordon was responsible for $426 million in damages and claimed over 70 lives.

Due to the Brown Ocean Effect, Gordon continued to explosively intensify, even as it made continuous landfalls in both the Caribbean and the Bahamas. Gordon stayed just to the north of Puerto Rico as it remained at 105 MPH, continuing to track WNW. The storm continued to increase in size, now reaching 947 square miles total. Gordon's outer rain bands caused severe thunderstorm-type activity over Puerto Rico, bringing 60 MPH winds and heavy rains, in addition to rough surf and intense rip currents that resulted in the disappearance of two swimmers six miles away from San Juan on July 1. In addition, intense tornado activity was reported in and near the island, as multiple weak tornadoes caused moderate damage along the northern end of the island, mainly in the cities of Camuy and Arecibo. Waterspouts were also reported along the coast of the island; more intense ones were to blame for the disappearance of several craft the day of Gordon's landfall. The most intense of Gordon's tornadoes was an EF1 near Terranova, which formed at 11:39 P.M. EST and caused over $628 million in damages and was responsible for two fatalities. Continuing to track WNW, the Brown Ocean Effect caused Gordon to intensify to a 125 C3 as it moved into the Turks and Caicos, causing extensive damage with a 30-ft storm surge and damaging winds in excess of 120 MPH. Gordon was responsible for severe structural damage of most reinforced buildings as well as uprooting many large trees and causing irreparable damage to manufactured houses. Gordon also had devastating impacts on Hispaniola; 25-foot waves resulted in severe beach erosion, sustained damage to piers, as well as the sinking of small boats and moderate damage to larger vessels. Over eight inches of rainfall in Haiti resulted in minimal flooding, most notably in Port-de-Paix. Hours later, Gordon passed through a channel in between Cuba and the Bahamas, resulting in catastrophic damage to both islands as Gordon strengthened to 130 MPH, thus making the storm a Category 4 hurricane.

Gordon resulted in catastrophic damage in Cuba as the storm hit soon after strengthening to 130 MPH. Waves exceeding 40 feet in height resulted in massive destruction along the coasts of northern Cuba, as well as the southern edge of the Bahamas. Extensive power outages resulted were long-lived as damaging winds uprooted thousands of trees, isolating many communities. Northern Cuba was devastated by the massive storm surge, which flooded communities up to five miles inland, resulting in the absolute destruction of smaller buildings as well as the obliteration of many Cuban beaches. After causing much destruction in Cuba and parts of the Bahamas, Gordon strengthened to 145 MPH as the storm emerged in the Gulf of Mexico, making an immediate and direct landfall in Key West, Florida, causing extreme damage. The storms 45-foot storm surge resulted in massive devastation to coastal areas and beaches, flooding areas far inland as well as destroying unreinforced structures. Gordon was responsible for total power outages as far north as Orlando, Florida, where Disney and Universal Parks were closed for a week due to minor damages prior to re-opening again. In the Florida Keys, Gordon resulted in a complete contamination of water sources after causing an overflowed sewer pipeline to burst, thus releasing sea water into the system, leading to an extensive repair that took nearly two years after the storm to complete. In addition, over 16,000 homes were either destroyed or damaged to the point beyond repair. Even still, Hurricane Gordon had not yet peaked. On July 5, Gordon intensified to 155 MPH after causing much destruction in the Florida Keys, including a destructive EF2 tornado near Marathon. On July 6, Gordon fully emerged over the favorable Gulf of Mexico, where it strengthened to C5 status within two hours. Then, Gordon began to shift NNW as it neared the Louisiana Coast, which had been under mandatory evacuations starting on July 4, disrupting Independence Day celebrations. Early the next day, Gordon peaked at 170 MPH, with a pressure measuring out exactly at 900 mbar. The storm remained at this annular intensity even as it made a direct hit on New Orleans.

Similar to Katrina of 2005, Gordon's indirect effects on the Gulf Coast and Florida were quite profound. Rough seas exceeding eight feet in height affected coasts stretching as far as the Florida Keys, and even Cuba, which had begun to recover from the catastrophic landfall only days earlier. Large swells of water resulted in moderate coastal flooding as far south as Marco Island, Florida. For the time Gordon was in the Gulf, swimming and boating activities were strictly prohibited in public beaches. Meanwhile, the U.S. Government had successfully evacuated the city of New Orleans, as well as surrounding areas, due to the fact there was a large possibility that Gordon would be deadlier than 2005's Hurricane Katrina. It was also the most intense tropical cyclone in the Atlantic to form before August, breaking Emily's record from 2005. On July 6, Gordon was due for its direct landfall in New Orleans at near-peak intensity of 168 MPH, along with a pressure of 903 mbar. Even before the actual eye-wall came in contact with land, the storm's outer rain bands were producing tropical storm-like conditions as far north as Baton Rouge, Louisiana. At 2 P.M. EST, Gordon made a direct landfall on New Orleans. As expected, the landfall proved devastating to the city. Winds exceeding 175 MPH blew out windows on skyscrapers, snapped power lines and trees for miles, and wrought havoc on the landscape. Intense low-pressure and dangerous wind speed speeds created a nineteen-foot storm surge in Lake Pontchartrain, repeating the events that occurred during Hurricane Katrina a mere 24 years ago in 2005. Over 90 percent of the city was submerged underwater after the levees once again failed to hold the water back, leading many experts to conclude that it may have not been the levees that allowed the city to keep flooding. New Orleans was heavily battered as Gordon's surge instantly lifted houses and businesses from their foundations and carried then for miles. In addition, any remaining trees, roads, power lines, or automobiles were also easily picked up and destroyed by the surge. Over 3,000 people lost their lives in New Orleans alone, and another serious 15,000 were either missing, injured, or homeless, leading many to conclude that Gordon is the new most destructive, costliest, and deadliest hurricane in history, surpassing Katrina, as still many important statistics are either incomplete or still being calculated.

Gordon continued to track NNE across the United States, causing much destruction across Eastern Louisiana as the storm remained at Category 5 strength, causing torrential rains and damaging gusts across the state, resulting in incredible damage. High winds tore siding off buildings and threw it into trees and on roads. Windows on large skyscrapers were a total loss, and large complexes and stores were completely gutted. Gordon's forty-foot storm surge inundated nearly 40 miles inland, uprooting nearly everything in its path. Gordon then underwent an eye-wall replacement cycle prior to hitting Jackson, Mississippi, then as a weakened Category 3 hurricane retaining tropical characteristics. Winds exceeding 125 MPH resulted in colossal damage to the historic city, collapsing older buildings and compromising the foundations of newer structures to the point where they were deemed unsafe and were required to be torn down. Gusts near 200 MPH were recorded officially in Florence, MS, of which some were powerful enough to rip mobile homes up from the ground and blow them around for several miles. Large trees lost nearly all limbs and looked like stubs after Gordon's passage. Heavy rain obliterated conditions on roads; with up to 31 inches of recorded rainfall in Natchez. Standing water resulted in the closure of many roads, including I-20 and I-55 due to flooding and/or debris on the highways. On July 15, Gordon hit Evansville, Indiana as a still-tropical Category 1 hurricane with 90 MPH sustained winds. Gordon's structure was still well-organized to remain classified as tropical, though dry air started to entrain the system by July 16. By July 17, Gordon entered Michigan as a 50 MPH Tropical Storm, causing minimal damage as dry ate up the circulation as Gordon underwent an extratropical transition, though later dissipated entirely that day over Mackinaw City, Michigan as cold air surges in the upper atmosphere dissipated the thunderstorms entirely.

Hurricane Haley
On July 6, a tropical wave pushing west off the coast of Africa emerged over the Central Atlantic, just east of Cape Verde. Continuing to track WNW, convection began to coalesce around an area of rapidly-dropping low-pressure. The depression's outer rain bands continued to build as its first advisories were issued for Cape Verde, having been the first storm to strike there since Hurricane Fred in 2015. The depression caused only minor damages, mainly flash flooding attributed to very heavy rainfall. Soon after, on July 7, the depression began to take a slight dip WSW, still remaining over one of the most favorable areas of the Central Atlantic. The favorable conditions allowed for rapid intensification to take place, as the system soon strengthened to 50 MPH in under an hour. Continuing WSW, the newly-named TS, then called Haley, began to undergo more explosive intensification as a burst of convection resulted in a fifteen mbar pressure drop and an increase in wind speed to 65 MPH. On July 8, Haley shifted track again, moving directly northeast as favorable conditions continued to assist in the storm's rapid development. Hours later, Haley acquired wind speeds of 75 MPH, thus supporting its upgrade to Category 1. In another hour, Haley continued to rapidly intensify as the storm continued to grow in size, expanding its wind fields as more thunderstorm cells began to build in the core. Later that night, Haley became a 100 MPH Category 2 hurricane and remained at that intensity for two more days, passing to the far northeast of the British Virgin Islands, later intensifying to 115 MPH, becoming a major hurricane on July 10.

As Haley continued to grow in intensity, the NHC kept alert for possible landfall locations as the storm could have been as potentially devastating as Gordon just days before. On July 11, Haley continued to grow in intensity, being upgraded to 120 MPH as the storm's eye became much clearer and larger than seen before. The pressure continued to rapidly sink at Haley's center while bands of severe thunderstorms continued to develop around bursts of convection that continued to fuel the storm. Warm waters and heavy moisture built up Haley's eyewall solid, as it was possible Haley was dropping nearly 48 inches of rain per hour while over water. By July 12, Haley's indirect impacts could be felt along the southeastern United States, parts of the Greater Antilles, and Bermuda, including very powerful swells of water creating intense rip currents responsible for the disappearance of several swimmers near Hilton Head Island, while another fishing charter was capsized near Mullets Inlet, South Carolina due to rough surf, resulting in the drownings off all crew and passengers aboard the vessel. On July 13, Haley intensified further still as the size of the colossal storm continued to grow due instability in the core; Haley continuing to suck in large amounts of moisture as to fuel the storm close to the point of upwelling, however, Haley stabilized and managed to take on annular characteristics while it continued to push northwest. Within hours, Haley's max wind speed was 140 MPH at the very inner edge of the eyewall as rain bands continued to develop near the outer edges of the storm's circulation.

On July 14, Haley underwent explosive strengthening from 140 MPH to 155 MPH in under two hours. Swells impacting the United States, as well as Bermuda, were larger and more damaging than before, resulting in beach erosion and severe coastal flooding; as much as seven miles of beach in Corolla, North Carolina was eaten by powerful waves while Haley remained off-shore. In another six hours, Haley attained Category 5 intensity after an NHC recon flight found 160 MPH sustained winds in Haley's eye-wall. It is believed that Haley peaked shortly thereafter at 165 MPH, 911 mbar prior to making landfall the next day in Wilmington, North Carolina as 160 MPH-sustained Category 5 hurricane, becoming the most intense tropical cyclone to hit North Carolina, which was still recovering from Hurricane Felicia the previous month, as well as becoming one of the most intense tropical cyclones to hit the United States at landfall. Haley proved to be an absolutely devastating hit to the historic town, as more than 80% of the city's infrastructure was severely damaged by the storm. Winds pummeled buildings in the downtown area, ripping roofs off and blowing out windows. Some modern, all-glass skyscrapers were destroyed to the point of being completely gutted. Nearly every home in the area was destroyed; either gutted due to intense winds or was overtaken by a seventeen-foot storm surge. Power was completely cut off to eastern North Carolina, as well as parts of South Carolina and Virginia. A devastating fire also swept through western Wilmington as multiple lightning strikes ignited exposed natural gas lines; ripped up whenever a tree was uprooted by high winds, resulting in multiple explosions across the city, causing multiple fires that easily spread due to extremely high winds. Despite the fact that Haley dropped over 35 inches of rain in North Carolina, the fires were not extinguished. After Haley's departure, the storm had nearly leveled all of Wilmington, causing more destruction than Hurricane Gordon did the week prior. In total, Haley is one of the strongest and most devastating disasters to occur in human history, and proved to be one of the worst natural disasters to ever occur, as well as being the worst hurricane to hit the state since Isabel in 2003, as well as Felicia only a month before.

Later that day, Haley made another direct hit over Raleigh as a 155 MPH Category 4 hurricane, causing extreme devastation. More than 600,000 houses were reported to be roofless after the storm, and an additional 245,500 were either severely damaged or totally inundated due to flooding from heavy rainfall; as much as 27 inches of rain fell over inland North Carolina in under an hour, despite very fast movement of the storm. Extreme winds toppled entire billboards and tore the siding off of large buildings, as well as downing millions of trees across the state. After Haley's passage, nearly all of the state's power suppliers were not operating, leaving 95% of the state without power. In the mountains, altitude and high peaks did not shear the storm as previously expected; Haley did weaken to a 120 MPH Category 3 storm, beginning to be affected by dry, cool air, lost nearly all of its moisture in the form of rain - over 19 inches fell in the region as Haley passed over, triggering violent river and flash flooding in low-lying areas as rivers and streams overflowed their banks. In addition, large landslides caused major destruction to mountain settlements, as well as barricading roads needed to be accessed by emergency responders, only to find some being impassible. Haley continued to travel across the United States as a tropical cyclone at Category 1 intensity, producing steady rainfall across Kentucky and Ohio, with dangerous winds causing widespread power outages across multiple states as the storm's winds snapped wires or downed over millions of electrical lines in either state. Trees were affected; as many large ones lost entire limbs due to powerful gusts, while smaller ones were simply uprooted/blown over in chaotic gusts. Haley crossed into Wisconsin on July 17, weakening to a tropical storm before being absorbed by an eastward-moving frontal system hours later, resulting in its dissipation. Overall, Haley is the worst natural disaster to occur in United States history since Gordon only a week prior, with the devastation caused by the storm is unmatched to any other ever to occur. Haley is one of the most intense landfalling tropical cyclones in the United States, next to Camille of 1969, Charley of 2004, Katrina of 2005, and Gordon only a week prior. Haley is the costliest and deadliest natural disasters ever - with $247.5 billion in damages caused by the storm, as well as resulting in 5,937 fatalities, though this toll is expected to rise in coming years as many facts and figures from the storm remain incomplete.

Subtropical Depression Ten
On July 9, an upper-level low pushing east off the coast of South Carolina emerged over the Atlantic. Hours later, this system began to rapidly intensify as its outer rain bands began to organize under developing circulation. The rotation grew much more powerful within hours, as severe thunderstorms began to develop in the core around a coalescing convection. In another few hours, the system's wind speed identified at 30 MPH, thus making the system Subtropical Depression Ten. Ten slowly began a turn southeast as Haley approached from the southeast as a rapidly-intensifying Category 2 hurricane, therefore changing steering currents. On July 10, Ten once again shifted course, turning WNW just north of the Bahamas. Shortly thereafter, Ten continued to rapidly intensify as convective bands of rain squalls continued to rapidly organize and develop around the steadily declining core of low pressure. However, despite rapid intensification and substantial organization, Ten failed to attain tropical characteristics. With Ten located primarily just north to the Bahamas, the Grand Bahama reported indirect effects, including fresh sea-breezes and light rainfall after one of the system's weaker rain bands sideswept the island. Ten remained stable at 35 MPH as it made landfall in Melbourne, Florida, causing inclement weather conditions, including heavy downpours and gusty winds throughout the city. Ten's relatively small size limited the areas impacted, as the most intense winds extended less than five miles from the center of circulation. Damage, if any, remained minimal as impacts from the storm were very slight. Main damage from Ten included isolated power outages and the downing of small and newly-planted trees, as well as larger trees losing larger branches in destructive gusts exceeding 60 MPH. In Ocala, Florida, Ten weakened to an extratropical low due to land interaction and lower levels of moisture, resulting in the storm's rapid weakening. Ten failed to regenerate prior to reaching the Gulf of Mexico, dissipating on July 11, causing only $1.2 million in damages, and not resulting in any fatalities.

Hurricane Irving
On July 11, at the time of Subtropical Depression Ten's dissipation, a tropical wave pushed off the coast of Africa, gradually becoming more organized as it entered an area of favorable conditions, with decreasing wind shear near the Cape Verde islands. The system brought showers and thunderstorms to the outer edges of the islands, causing heavy rains and flooding across the area. Lightning strikes caused widespread wildfires as well as destroying trees and knocking out power to certain communities throughout the islands. The system later intensified to Tropical Depression Eleven as convection began to develop around the core; the site of several developing thunderstorms continually wrapping around an area of developing low-pressure. Later that same day, Eleven acquired tropical storm characteristics just west of Cape Verde as the wind speed increased to 40 MPH, causing indirect effects as large waves washed onshore of the coastal areas there. Irving, as the storm was now named, continued to track almost west across the northern Atlantic, where increasing favorable conditions continued to abound, thus resulting in large bursts of convection in the storm's core, where thunderstorms continued to grow in size and intensity. The next day, July 12, Irving's structure continued to rapidly improve as the circulation of the storm continued to grow in size. A ragged eye even developed in the center of the strengthening tropical storm, which later supported its upgrade to Category 1 much earlier than previously thought, with Irving then attaining 75 MPH winds on July 12 as opposed to July 14, the day Irving really attained Category 2 status. Nevertheless, Irving continued to track west as the storm remained annular, not posing any threats to land. Two days later, July 14, Irving underwent more intensification as the storm continued to produce winds then sustained at 100 MPH, as the eye feature became much more visible. Soon after, an abrupt wind shift sent Irving on an almost-northernly path into the North Atlantic.

Irving continued to remain at 100 MPH as little change in the storm's structure or intensity was apparent. On July 17, Irving underwent a short burst of explosive strengthening where the storm attained its peak intensity of 110 MPH just 421 miles WSW of the Azores. Large swells from Irving caused damage on the São Miguel island, flooding coastal cities and washing out several roads and bridges. In addition, waves as high as 60 feet caused massive beach erosion, as well as overtaking certain coastal spots and destroying piers and harbors. Several watercraft were missing or destroyed amongst the rough surf, and abnormal sea breezes 5-15 MPH stronger than usual were reported on the western islands the days Irving sat to the west of the Azores, though no damage other than isolated power outages due to snapped electrical wires was reported. However, overall indirect impacts from Irving were quite minimal. On July 18, Irving entered a pocket of colder waters, which severely inhibited inflow into the storm, having begun to stop further development as Irving path northward continued. Irving began to degenerate rapidly soon thereafter as increasing wind shear interfered with the storm's structure. In under an hour, Irving lost its closed circulation as the structure and organization of the formerly well-developed storm continued to deteriorate. On July 19, as Irving neared Iceland, the storm dissipated into a remnant trough of low-pressure, retaining its Category 1 strength, as winds near 90 MPH exuded from the core of the weakening system. Swells caused by the storm hit unprecedented heights of 80 feet as they crashed ashore the beaches of Iceland, causing major damage and flooding nearly two miles inland. Strong wind gusts pummeled coastal cities; with gusts near 100 MPH, the sheer power of the wind speeds ripped the roofs off homes, de-foliaged over hundreds of thousands of trees, as well as overturning cars and blowing windows in. The wind uprooted power poles from the ground, causing millions if customers to lose electricity, with slow maintenance resulting in power restoration weeks after Extratropical Storm Irving passed. On July 20, the remnants of Irving began to break apart just north of the United Kingdom, dissipating completely several minutes later. After the storm's full dissipation, damage was estimated to be less than $10 million, with relatively minimal impacts upon landfall in Iceland, with no fatalities to report.

Hurricane Justine (WIP)
Days after Hurricane Irving strengthened to Category 2, a well-developed invest near Cape Verde followed a westward track similar to Irving's, bringing over 15 inches of rain to the Cape Verde islands as the system passed just to the north. On July 16, while the invest sat due northwest of Cape Verde, later undergoing rapid intensification as it took on the characteristics of a tropical depression. Soon after, Tropical Depression Twelve formed after 30 MPH winds were identified in the steadily deepening core; soon after the system began to take on a cyclonic shape. Twelve slowly intensified over coming days, continuing to track west as the favorable conditions seen for Irving days earlier shifted northward as steering currents changed. On July 18, Twelve was upgraded to Tropical Storm Justine as the size of the system continued to slowly improve, with the development of a more complex eyewall with increasing wind fields and higher amounts of precipitation. On July 19, a recon flight sent from the WMO of Portugal investigated TS Justine as the changed steering currents began to turn the storm northwest, much like with what happened to Irving several days before. On July 20, having been turned northward, Justine continued to rapidly intensify as convection continued to coalesce around the center of the low, with cooling cloud tops as the storm continued to build. Later that day, thunderstorms cells began converging within Justine's core as a pinhole eye feature became apparent. Soon thereafter, a sudden decreasing spike in wind shear resulted in rapid intensification as Justine became an 80 MPH Category 1 hurricane. Much like its preceder, Irving, Justine took a sharp turn NNE while favorable conditions continued to cause intensification within the storm. Less than an hour later, Justine's winds were upgrade to 105 MPH as the eye suddenly became much more circular and clearer in shape, along with a 300 square mile increase in size, with instability causing rapid changes within Justine's core.

On July 21, Hurricane Justine underwent an explosive strengthening cycle as the structure became very well-defined and the eye of the storm suddenly became very large. Waves as high as twenty-seven feet came ashore the Moroccan coast and ashore Cape Verde, supposedly from Justine. Winds were found to be 135 MPH in Justine's inner eyewall, resulting in an immediate upgrade to Category 4 hurricane. Decreasing wind shear and unusually record warm waters west of the Azores provided Justine with an abundance of moisture as massive updrafts continued to build the thunderstorms within the storm's inner eyewall.

Storm Names
The following is a list of names used for the 2034 Atlantic hurricane season. All names from the previous list were retired, resulting in the following list of new names, all of which were used for the first time:
 * Archie
 * Bailey
 * Cameron
 * Darla
 * Emilio
 * Felicia
 * Gordon
 * Haley
 * Irving
 * Justine
 * Kurt
 * Lillian
 * Marianna
 * Nico
 * Octavia
 * Peter
 * Quinn
 * Rafael
 * Stella
 * Takoda
 * Ursula
 * Victor
 * Willow
 * Xander
 * Yazmin
 * Zacharias

Retirement
In early spring 2035, the NHC retired the following names from the list above: Felicia, Gordon, Haley,