Hurricane Michael(Lucarius)

Overview
Michael was a destructive and powerful hurricane that spawned in the middle of the Atlantic. It is the costliest hurricane on record with $189 billion(2018 USD) and the strongest US landfall on record. It also became one of the first tropical systems to strike Europe directly.

Michael brought catastrophic damage to Puerto Rico, Cuba, Florida, Georgia, Sweden, Norway and Ireland. It was part of the 2018 Atlantic Hurricane season and one of the 5 major hurricanes that formed that year.

Meteorological History
On the afternoon of August 6th, the Lucarius Hurricane Center(LHC) started tracking a tropical wave of the coast of Africa. The tropical wave started developing throughout the rest of the day. It eventually became Tropical Depression Fifteen at about 1:30 am on August 7th. The system quickly developed over the next 6 hours, becoming Tropical Storm Michael later that day. Michael started rapid intensification into August 10th. It was named Hurricane Michael on August 8th, and achieved Category 3 status the morning of August 10th.

Michael made it's first landfall on August 12th at about 8:45am in Puerto Rico. As Michael continued to approach many forms of land, Cuba and Florida in the most imminent danger, issued a state of emergency. Forecasts showed that Michael had a 80% chance to make a direct landfall with a US state. Michael continued to barrel towards Florida, it's massive size brought catastrophic amounts of rain to Cuba despite not making a direct landfall. It became a Category 5 Hurricane on August 14th and quickly strengthened. It eventually peaked at 190 mph, just 3 hours before making landfall in Miami, Florida. It continued to bring destruction to Florida. It's massive size had brought notable flooding to southern Georgia as well. Michael, unlike the forecasts, did a surprising recurve northeastward. Michael regenerated back from it's high-end Category 4 state to a Category 5, strengthening back to 180 mph before slowly weakening as it moved over cooler waters. On August 20th, a state of emergency was issued for Sweden, Norway and Ireland as Michael moved closer to the countries without an extra-tropical transition showing. On August 22nd, Michael became the first Tropical Hurricane to make a direct landfall with a European country. He became extra-tropical that day while over Norway. Michael's remnants split into 3 parts. The first stalled out over Ireland. The second dissipated over Russia. The last drifted South and contributed to the development of another Tropical Depression.