Hurricane Yolo (2018)

Hurricane Yolo was a powerful, short-lived hurricane that made landfall around the Mexipup/Pupsas border. The fifty-first named storm, twenty-eighth hurricane, and sixteenth and final major hurricane, the storm developed just north of Mexipup. On December 18, a tropical invest was named Tropical Storm Yolo. Forecasters predicted that the storm would rapidly intensify into a Category 4 hurricane, amid favorable atmospheric conditions. Sure enough, rapid intensification ensued and Yolo intensified to a hurricane on December 19 and major hurricane the next day. Late on December 20, Yolo became a Category 4 hurricane.

The storm began as a tropical storm moving towards the west. As it started moving towards the northwest on December 19, Yolo became a Category 1 hurricane. That same day, it strengthened to become a Category 2 storm. By December 20, the storm was moving towards the north-northwest as a Category 3 storm. That same day, Yolo became a Category 4 hurricane.

The next day, December 21, Yolo attained peak intensity with winds of 150 mph and a pressure of 934 mbar. Next, late that day, the storm made landfall near the Mexipup/Pupsas border at peak intensity. Yolo rapidly weakened throughout the following days as it moved into United Doglandia. The storm was proclaimed a remnant low early on December 25.



Retirement
On December 28, 2018, the Puppy Hurricane Center chose to retire the name, Yolo, due to the storm's widespread destruction and mass number of casualties. On January 2, 2019, it was subsequently replaced with Yara, respectively.