Hurricane Hanna

Hurricane Hanna was the strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall in North Carolina since Hurricane Hazel in 1954. The eighth named storm, fifth hurricane, and second major hurricane of the hyperactive 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, Hanna developed from a tropical wave east of the Lesser Antilles on August 18. It became a tropical storm on August 19, and further strengthened into a hurricane on August 21. Moving steadily west-northwest, Hanna began a period of rapid intensification that allowed it to become a Category 3 hurricane on August 24. On August 26, shortly before making landfall in southern North Carolina, Hanna reached its peak intensity as a Category 4 hurricane. After making landfall, the hurricane quickly weakened as it moved inland, falling below hurricane strength late on August 26. Hanna further weakened to a tropical depression on the following day before becoming a post-tropical cyclone over southern Ontario.