Tropical Storm Danica

Tropical Storm Danica was a quite large and highly destructive storm, making multiple landfalls throughout the Lesser Antilles and the Caribbean. It caused torrential rains throughout the areas it affected and also caused several mudslides. As a result, 32 people died from the direct effects of the storm while the other 3 drowned due to high surf. Danica's remnants caused heavy rains in Southern Florida.

Meteorological History
The NHC started to monitor a vigorous tropical wave early on October 9. The next day, the tropical wave became Tropical Depression 5. Soon after, the NHC gave it the name Danica. It then gradually intensified over the next few days, bringing torrential rains to the Lesser Antilles. Danica was projected to reach hurricane status but fell just short due to making landfall in Puerto Rico, bringing record amounts of rainfall to the area, causing multiple floods. It made another landfall on the island of Hispaniola, bringing several landslides and extreme flooding while weakening into a weak tropical storm. It made landfall on Cuba as a tropical depression and degenerated into a remnant low soon after. Danica's remnants caused moderate to heavy rains in the Bahamas and Southern Florida.

Retirement
Due to the damages and immense flooding it caused throughout the Lesser Antilles and the Caribbean, the WMO retired the name Danica and replaced it with Daysha for the 2000 Atlantic hurricane season.