2006 Hypothetical Atlantic hurricane season

The 2006 Atlantic hurricane season was a somewhat active hurricane season that produced 16 tropical cyclones, of which 13 became named storms and 5 became hurricanes.

Hurricane Alberto
In mid-June, a well-defined tropical wave in the Caribbean Sea became a tropical depression. The depression quickly strengthened into Tropical Storm Alberto on June 16th, just 5 hours after its initial designation. Moving northwest, Alberto continued to intensify and it became a hurricane on June 17th. As Alberto moved into the Gulf of Mexico, it brushed Cuba with tropical storm-force winds and caused damaging flooding in the Yucatan Peninsula with its associated hurricane-force winds. Slowly moving through the Gulf of Mexico, Alberto reached peak intensity with winds of 110 miles per hour. It made its second landfall on August 20th near Mobile, AL as a category 2 hurricane. Severe and damaging floods across Alabama and the Florida Panhandle caused nearly $3 billion USD in damages and killed more than 15 people. Alberto weakened to a tropical storm as it progressed further inland, becoming a post-tropical cyclone in northern Tennessee on August 22nd.

While not a major hurricane, Alberto caused lots of damage in the Yucatan, United States, and parts of Cuba, which totaled to $4.2 billion USD. 31 people died as a result of heavy storm surge and severe flooding. President George W. Bush ordered to provide $2 billion to those affected by the storm. Businessman Donald J. Trump provided $200 million of his own fortune to victims of the hurricane in Alabama and Florida.