Hurricane Leslie

Hurricane Leslie was the deadliest hurricane of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season, as well as the costliest and deadliest tropical cyclone in Jamaican history. The twelfth named storm and seventh hurricane of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Leslie formed from a tropical wave in the tropical Atlantic Ocean in mid-October. Favorable conditions allowed Leslie to strengthen, and while in the Caribbean Sea it peaked as a Category 2 hurricane before striking Jamaica at peak intensity. Leslie weakened as it crossed Jamaica, but was still a high-end Category 1 hurricane when it made landfall in Cuba. Afterward, Leslie rapidly weakened to a tropical storm and passed through the Bahamas. Leslie continued to accelerate eastward until it was absorbed by a cold front on October 18.

The storm caused at least 238 fatalities in Jamaica alone, as well as an additional 153 fatalities in southeast Cuba. Leslie also caused over $1 billion in damages in Santiago De Cuba province. The storm's outer rainbands also caused severe flooding in western Cuba, which despite not being directly impacted by the storm suffered over $2.5 billion in damages from flooding.