Hurricane Nu

Hurricane Nu was a destructive Category 4 hurricane that devastated Cuba and the Florida Panhandle in late-December 2018 and very early-January 2019. In all, 59 people were killed, along with $77 billion (2018 USD) in damages.

On December 23, a tropical wave emerged off the coast of Africa and quickly became a disturbance. By the 25th, the disturbance strengthened, quickly, into Tropical Storm Nu.

Undergoing rapid intensification, Nu became a Category 3 before slightly weakening to a Category 2 due to a eye replacement. By the 29th, Nu strengthened into a Category 4 storm with 140 mph winds.

Making a landfall in Cuba, 46 were killed and $30 billion in damages was done on the island. Emerging in the Gulf as a tropical storm, Nu quickly gained hurricane strength once again.

And by the January 5th, Nu was a Category 4 with 145 mph winds before striking Alabama. Causing another 13 deaths, Nu drastically weakened once inland and became a extratropical cyclone by the 6th after causing another $46 billion in damages to the U.S. and $1 billion in Canada.

Nu fully dissipated on the 7th after killing 59 and causing $77 billion in damages. The name Nu was retired from the hurricane naming rotation.