Atlantic Hurricane Season 2017 (Jwiz630 Version)

The 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season became the second most active Atlantic Hurricane Season on record, only behind the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It was also a deadly and costly season.

Seasonal Forecasts
Scientists came to a consensus that this hurricane season would be hyperactive due to a strong La Nina

Tropical Storm Arlene
Tropical Storm Arlene formed in the Gulf of Mexico on June 18 and made landfall two days later near Cedar Key, Florida at peak intensity after moving northeast-bound. Arlene reemerged over the Atlantic Ocean near the Georgia-South Carolina border as a weak tropical storm, picked up speed, and had its final advisory issued just 74 miles south of Newport, Rhode Island on June 22.

Arlene caused $254 million in damages along the U.S. East Coast, primarily in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina, and caused 15 storm-related deaths.

Hurricane Bret
What become Bret developed into Tropical Depression Two in the Western Caribbean Sea on July 5. The depression was upgraded to Tropical Storm Bret, and briefly became a Category 1 Hurricane before making its first landfall. It hit Cuba on July 8 and passed through the Gulf of Mexico to make a second landfall late the next morning near Cape Romano, Florida. It passed into the Atlantic Ocean by sunset that day near Cape Canaveral and quickly restrengthened into a hurricane within 24 hours. Bret's path shifted to the north and then to the northwest before making its final landfall on July 12 in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina as a Category 2 Storm. It passed through North Carolina and Virginia before being downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone and it dissipated entirely on July 15 over Ontario, Canada.

In total, Bret caused, $1.15 billion in damages and caused 10 storm-related deaths, mostly in Cuba and the southeastern United States. However, the name Bret wasn't retired and will remain on the naming list for the 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season.

Tropical Storm Cindy
Cindy formed from Tropical Depression Three on July 6, to the north of the Virgin Islands.