2022 Atlantic hurricane season (Prism55)

The 2022 Atlantic hurricane season was an unusually active season, with 29 depressions forming. 26 of these depressions became named storms, 18 became hurricanes, and 7 became majors. This was among the most active Atlantic seasons on record, only topped by the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, which had 31 depressions forming.

The season was very destructive. The storms Fiona, Shary, Tobias and Virginie caused the most damage and deaths of the season.

The season broke multiple records. Despite the fact that the season had less tropical depressions (29 compared to 2005's 31) and storms (26 compared to 2005's 28), the 2022 season had more hurricanes (19 compared to 2005's 15) and major hurricanes (13 compared to 2005's 7). The season is one of the few seasons to have a storm in the month of April, along with the 1992, 2003 and 2017 seasons.

It's storms broke even more records. Most notably, Hurricane Tobias smashed many records. It underwent the most rapid intensification ever observed on any tropical cyclone in the world, going from a strong tropical storm to a powerful Category 5 hurricane in mere 4 hours. It became the strongest Atlantic hurricane in terms of wind speed and atmospheric pressure (beating 1980's Hurricane Allen and 2005's Hurricane Wilma, respectively). It is also the deadliest and costliest Atlantic hurricane as of now, and spent the longest time as a Category 5 in history, at 4.25 days. Hurricane Virginie spawned over 106 tornadoes, the third most for any Atlantic hurricane, only behind 1967's Hurricane Beulah and 2004's Hurricane Ivan. Hurricane Martin became the longest lived Atlantic hurricane, at 41 days and 3 hours, crushing the previous record of 27 days,18 hours set by the 1899 San Ciriaco hurricane.

Season summary
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Tropical Storm Alex
On April 22, a tropical wave formed just north of the Lesser Antilles. It then slowly headed north-west, towards the US. Originally, it wasn't given much chance to develop, as it was located within unfavorable, colder waters. However, after encountering slightly warmer waters, it strengthened up, changing into a tropical depression. This was the first Atlantic tropical depression of the year, and marked the beginning of the season, despite it being almost a month before the official beginning on the first of June.

Tropical Depression One continued moving towards the US during the night and on April 23 at a brisk pace. After encountering yet another section of warmer waters, the depression rapidly intensified, and tropical storm strength winds of 40 mph were detected in the center. Thus, the storm was given the official name of Alex.

On the next day, the storm curved away from the US, now moving in the south-east direction. During the day, Alex reached his peak winds of 50 mph, before weakening over slightly colder waters. In the next few hours, the storm changed its direction again, now going north-west again. It encountered cold waters again, and Alex weakened into a tropical depression again.

Over the next few days, Tropical Depression One (Alex) continued moving north-west, before changing its path again, now only going north. The storm continued weakening over cold waters, before it disappeared on April 26.

Tropical Storm Bonnie
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Tropical Storm Colin
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Tropical Depression Four
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Hurricane Danielle
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Tropical Storm Earl
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