Tropical Storm Hawk

Tropical Storm Hawk
Tropical Storm Hawk was a near hurricane strength storm that impacted areas already recovering from Hurricane Kamille just 1 year prior. Hawk caused even more damage and flooding to those areas. Racking up a total of $382.35 Million, along with 12 deaths.

Because Hawk was a slow moving storm, it dumped a very large amount of rainfall throughout Trench. An estimated 7.45 inches were measured in some areas. hawk also brought in a mid sized storm surge estimated to be about 4 feet.

Preparations
Civilians in the city of Jumpsuit gathered as much supplies as they could. This is because they had already gone through Hurricane Kamille in 2000. Kamille scarred the city's people, so now people prepared for storms.

Unfortunately, most cities inland had not had much experience with tropical cyclones. Which resulted in less preparations.

Meteorological History
On September 3, an area of low pressure emerged off the coast of Blurryface. The system was moving west, and soon strengthened to a tropical depression. This prompted tropical storm watches to be put into affect for parts of Trench's lowest peninsula.

One September 4, the system strengthened into Tropical Storm Hawk, and the tropical storm watches were turned into warnings.

Hawk made landfall later that day, causing an extreme amount of rainfall. This rainfall led to much flooding throughout the whole peninsula.

Hawk weakened to a tropical depression, and moved very slowly across the continent. This caused even more rainfall inland to cities that usually don't get tropical cyclones.

Hawk then officially dissipated on September 6.

Aftermath
After Hawk passed through, many towns were flooded and uninhabitable. This includes the city of Jumpsuit, which nearly had to be completely rebuilt after Kamille.

Many rescue agencies across the continent sent crews to save victims. In total, about 10,000 people were saved from their homes, along with their pets.

Rebuilding started as soon as the flood waters receded. Luckily, there wasn't as many buildings that got completely destroyed due to Hawk's weaker winds.

Despite the lasting affects from Hawk, RABWC did not retire the name. It will be used again in 2003.