Hurricane Cindy (Cooper)

Hurricane Cindy was a large, powerful, and destructive tropical cyclone that caused widespread damage in the western Caribbean and United States. The third named storm, second hurricane, and first major hurricane of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, Cindy developed from a tropical wave which emerged off the west coast of Africa on August 21. The wave gradually organized as it moved westward across the tropical Atlantic, coalescing into a tropical depression on August 25. It strengthened into Tropical Storm Cindy the following day while east of the Lesser Antilles.