Hurricane Josephine (MG)

Hurricane Josephine was a powerful, long-lived, and destructive Atlantic hurricane that was considered the most destructive hurricane in Louisiana since Hurricane Katrina. It was the tenth named storm, fifth hurricane, and second major hurricane of the record-breaking 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. Forming from a tropical wave on August 22, Josephine made its way through the Caribbean sea, and reached Category 5 strength on August 30. It maintained this strength for several days until it entered the Gulf of Mexico, where it weakened from an eyewall replacement cycle. After growing significantly in size and developing a new eye, Josephine moved over the Louisiana portion of the Mississippi river, before making landfall in Biloxi, Mississippi. It was the first major hurricane to make landfall in Mississippi since Hurricane Elena, and the strongest to make landfall there on record.