THG's Hurricane Florence WMHB (2018)

Hurricane Florence was an unusual, deadly tropical cyclone and was the third-costliest tropical cyclone of the 2018 Atlantic Hurricane Season, as well as the 4th-wettest tropical cyclone on record, dumping over 50 inches of rain in parts of the northeast. Hurricane Florence was the 6th named storm, 4th hurricane, and the 2nd major hurricane of the 2018 Atlantic Hurricane Season. Florence originated from a strong easterly tropical wave, south of the Cape Verde Islands on September 16, 2018. The nascent tropical disturbance steadily organized, until the MCHWS designated it as "Florence", on September 17th. On a progressive westward trajectory, Florence acquired tropical storm strength, with max sustained winds at 45 MPH on the Saffir-Simpson scale, by Dvorak and scatterometer estimates.

On September 19th, Florence strengthened to a hurricane.