Hurricane Brandon (Cardozo)

Hurricane Brandon was a destructive storm of 2023.

Meteorological History
Hurricane Brandon began as a tropical wave on June 27. This wave was called Invest 92L. 92L became organized on July 1, which devloped to Tropical Storm Brandon instantly. Brandon quickly strengthened to a Category 3 on July 7 and a 4 on the 8th, and a 5 on the 9th. Hurricane Brandon eventually attained its peak intensity. It gradually made landfall on the 10th as a low end category 5 with a pressure of 915 mbar. It impacted while the airing of The Simpsons Movie 2. On the 11th, it rapidly weakened to a Tropical Storm then restrengthened to a Category 1 hurricane. It made landfall in Florida and strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico. Brandon made landfall on the 17th as a ex-tropical storm. It rapidly weakened and dissipated on the 18th.

Cuba and Jamaica
Brandon made landfall in Cuba and Jamiaca both as a C2. 3/8 of the damage were caused here. 4/11 of the deaths were caused here.

Bahamas
Half of the damage was caused here. The rest of the deaths were caused here.

Gulf Coast
1/8 of the damage was caused here. No deaths were reported here

Retirement
Due to the  rubber duckies deaths and damage caused by this storm, the name Brandon was absloutely retired and was replaced with Bart.