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 Armageddon Storm Ethan hours before collapsing into a black hole on December 31 | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | August 16, 2025 |
| Dissipated | December 31, 2025 (left Youricane) |
| Armageddon storm | |
| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/NWS) | |
| Highest winds | 1330 mph (2140 km/h) |
| Lowest pressure | 0 mbar (hPa); 0.000 inHg |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | >16,400,000 (Deadliest tropical cyclone on record) |
| Damage | $45.4 trillion (2025 USD) (Costliest tropical cyclone on record) |
| Areas affected | Worldwide |
Part of the 2025 Milsoopolic typhoon, Yorkish hurricane, and Oblian hurricane seasons | |
Armageddon Storm Ethan was the most powerful, damaging, and deadly tropical cyclone ever recorded, causing both a massive refugee crisis and the end of the planet of Youricane.
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Meteorological history[]
On August 14, 2025, a tropical disturbance formed off the coast of Milsoopolic, about 200 miles east of the Axi Peninsula. Two days later, the disturbance strengthened into a tropical depression and was numbered 100M. Moving south, 100M took its time to be named, only reaching tropical storm status on August 19 once it had gone significantly farther south, receiving the name Ethan. Over the next week or so, Ethan strengthened as it moved northwest, having its first peak intensity as a weak Category 4 hurricane on August 28. Making a sudden turn to the northeast, Ethan made landfall in far west Milsoopolic as a Category 1 three days later. It seemed as though was over for Ethan, one of many majors in the Yorkish basin that season, however a perfectly placed line of other tropical systems brought Ethan right back where it was and fully tropical again by September 7.
With its new life, Ethan began a track west, towards the nation of Lazaronia. Ethan strengthened in the warm waters of late summer, reaching a new peak on September 19 as a Category 5 hurricane with 1-minute sustained winds of 165 mph and a barometric pressure of 923 mbar, what was at the time the highest category on the SSHWS. Ethan weakened down to a Category 3 prior to landfall, making landfall in Lazaronia late on September 22 and becoming a remnant low a day later.
Again surviving some of the harshest conditions, Ethan's remnants slowly made their way across Lazaronia and Cape York, eventually crossing into in the largely unexplored Oblian basin. Ethan stalled once it entered, dropping heavy rainfall along the Cape York and Froni border. Once it moved away, it continued straight westward, and it almost reached major hurricane status a third time, exiting the map as a high-end Category 2 hurricane on October 16. Only one other system had ever crossed over to the other side of the map before, and it did so as a remnant low due to the hostile environmental conditions, and as such, Ethan's redevelopment chances were assessed as slim.
While Ethan wasn't present, a key part of its life was. An asteroid known as 331 Plouton was spotted heading straight for Youricane. Many efforts were made by various government and weather agencies across the planet to stop the asteroid, and it seemed successful when the asteroid was blown to bits, but they still came down on October 28 and landed in three key spots in the ocean: the central and western Milsoopolic basin and the Sonoran Strait - events which ended up all being important to Ethan's life.
Coming back just in time to witness the asteroid impact, Ethan re-entered the map as a tropical depression on October 26. It is unknown what the storm did or how strong it became during its trek through the in-between side of the map. Ethan then absorbed several depressions and reached tropical storm status yet again three days later. Strengthening back to a major hurricane by November 5 and a Category 5 just two days later, it appeared as though there was nothing to stop Ethan now. It had been discovered that Ploutonium, one of the main compounds in asteroid 331 Plouton, had superheating effects and could heat water in the ocean and the clouds. On a reconnaissance mission into Ethan on November 15, one aircraft was hit with a decently-sized chunk of Ploutonium, which led to the discovery of a chunk of Ploutonium about 13 miles wide flying around the system. This Ploutonium was supercharging Ethan, leading it to be the second known system to break the 200-mph barrier. Ethan kept strengthening to levels that weren't thought to be possible before. Weather agencies such as the CTCA, LNHA, and OMSA all flew planes into the system to remove chunks of Ploutonium, and it ended up working. Ethan reached its fifth peak intensity of an incredible 280 mph, 831 mbar early on November 19.
Ethan began its long weakening trend including an eyewall replacement cycle after its fifth peak intensity. It weakened significantly down to a weak Category 4 hurricane by December 3, however Ethan still had about a third of its original supply of Ploutonium. Despite being in the cold near-winter waters, it persisted. It reached Category 5 status once more late on December 8, broke the 200-mph barrier again on December 15, and passed its original record of 280 mph on December 20. By this point in time, Ethan was getting so strong that models could not predict it as the system had become too unpredictable. Adding to the complications was that many hurricane hunter flights which had entered the system (a practice which would soon be discontinued when Ethan became so strong), did not detect any Ploutonium at all. As it had become apparent that Ethan would soon reach 300 mph, weather centers decided that Category 5 wasn't the right term to describe this system, so when Ethan reached that milestone on December 21, the JXCA officially dubbed it a "hypercane." The term had been theorized, but Ethan was the first and only known example of one.
"We’re getting word from one of our pilots: 'Vanguard Command, this is Tango-Delta-189. Bombs away - Fox 3, SPLASH! That is a T-kill.'"
As Ethan became a hypercane, an effect only seen before on Earth became known, called the Shashwat effect. This is where a tropical cyclone becomes so strong that it overrides the steering currents and its eye begins to move somewhat randomly around a certain area. Ethan continued its rapid intensification, and its pressure dropped below 800 mbar on December 22. Ethan moved at a pace of only about 1 mile per hour towards the coast of Lazaronia (that is, if you don't count the Shashwat effect). On December 24, Ethan passed 400 mph, and the JXCA upgraded it even farther to a "megacane". It was around this time that a plan was made by the CTAF to drop nuclear weapons into Ethan. It was an idea that was considered before, especially during the cold war, but never came to fruition as it was considered too dangerous and expensive. Now, however, with a tropical cyclone that could end the world, there's not much to lose. F-35A fighter jets were sent to Ethan, and on December 26, as Ethan broke the 500 mph barrier and reached the category of "infinite storm," the thermonuclear bombs were dropped.[1]
On December 27, it was found that Ethan had weakened over 100 mph in the previous 24 hours, weakening back down to a megacane. While it had seemed that Ethan's strengthening had finally ended, the heat from the thermonuclear bombs ended up causing Ethan to strengthen even faster than before, at a rate of over 200 mph per day. The original date for the world's end based on how fast Ethan was strengthening before the bombing was January 3. After the bombing, at was January 1 or 2. The CTAF considered dropping more nukes to weaken it farther, but they needed approval from the CHC, JXCA, and LNHA. While the CHC gave almost immediate approval, the JXCA seemed doubtful, and the LNHA could not respond as they lost signal due to being in Category 5+ force winds in Lazaronia. After Ethan's rate of intensification slowed after it used up the heat of the thermonuclear bombing, the EMC and LNHA made plans to launch dry ice and liquid nitrogen into the system in hopes of slowing Ethan down by putting it in cooler waters, however it is unknown what became of the mission. Over the following days, Ethan continued strengthening - first 600 mph, then 700 mph and so on - as the monster storm crept closer and closer to the poor Lazaronian coast. Finally, on December 31, Ethan surpassed 1,000 mph, putting Ethan on the final category of the new scale, a category that had only been thought of in works of fiction and hypothetical scenarios: the Armageddon Storm.
At this point in time, Ethan had grabbed hold of the last bits of Ploutonium from the Sonoran Strait, yanking them from Poi, which was forced over the equator from Ethan's insane winds. Ethan began a massive jump in its rate of intensification, likely due to the additional Ploutonium reaching Ethan's center and giving it power. Previously, Ethan was strengthening at around 45 mph per advisory. With the Ploutonium now in its circulation, this was bumped up to 65 mph per advisory. This figure kept rising throughout the day on December 31, until Ethan was intensifying at 80 mph per advisory. By this point, the eye of Ethan became a deep black, and then has turned white as it began to suck everything in. A bright flash of light emanated from the storm, signaling that Ethan had made its final landfall in Lazaronia at 18:00 UTC.
At 23:00 UTC, Ethan's barometric pressure had fallen to 1 mbar. Six minutes before the clock struck midnight, the clouds around Ethan's eye were starting to be pulled and collapsing inward. Although it seemed Ethan might've started weakening, that was not the case. Just as the clock struck midnight, the clouds briefly parted as the instruments recorded a peak intensity of 1330 mph, 0 mbar, and Ethan revealed what was at its core: a black hole just a few miles wide, around the size of its eye, pulling in everything around it. The ground and clouds were stretched towards Ethan's eye. By 02:00 UTC, cloud cover associated with the storm had stopped spinning completely, making Ethan no longer look as though it was a hurricane. The black hole hovered only a few miles above the surface, where Ethan's eye would have been. At 03:32 UTC, it was reported that large chunks of the planet began breaking off and flew right toward the vacuum at Ethan's core, and Ethan began absorbing the planet. The last known communication with Youricane was intercepted on January 16 (due to delays between the remains of Youricane and systems on Earth), saying, "It has been an honor being here on Youricane. *static* G *static* dbyy-" before the signal was lost.[2]
Ethan's unexplained strengthening[]
The biggest mystery surrounding Ethan is how it strengthened in the cold December waters without any explanation. This is a mystery scientists had been trying to figure out for a while now, and it became more difficult to explain as Ethan got stronger and hurricane hunter missions were cancelled. There's one theory that is the only plausible option.
Scientists think that Ethan's unexplained strengthening still had to do with Ploutonium. Ethan still had a third to a half of its Ploutonium left after it began weakening. They think that given enough time in Ethan's clouds, the Ploutonium interacted with the rainwater Ethan was storing, creating a completely new compound. The compound still had the same properties, allowing Ethan to strengthen, but being completely undetectable with our current Ploutonium detection methods. The new compound was likely much stronger than regular Ploutonium, allowing Ethan to strengthen fast in conditions that wouldn't have normally been favorable for tropical cyclones. The theory doesn't entirely make sense because then the Ploutonium in the oceans would have been a lot more effective than it was, but most of it the Ploutonium was already used up in a month, which was about the time Ethan started unexpectedly getting stronger. The compound is yet to be named.
Records[]
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Preparations[]
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Efforts by various meteorological agencies to weaken Ethan[]
Throughout Ethan's lifespan, various meteorological agencies attempted to weaken the hurricane, especially in the days leading up to the end of the planet of Youricane. Below, broken down by agency, are the attempts known to have been undertaken.
CTAF/CTCA[]
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OMSA[]
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CHC[]
The CHC, along with the CTCA, launched nuclear weaponry into Ethan's eye with the intentions of weakening it.[1] They also sent rockets to Youricane to safely evacuate people and send them to different planets like Azurea and Acheron.[3][4]
EMC[]
On December 27, 2025, the EMC found microbacteria (declared scientific name by the EMC: Ploutonis ethanii) inside Ethan’s eye. The EMC sent dry ice inside Ethan’s eye, hoping to kill off the microbacteria and lower sea temperatures.[5]
Impact[]
Lazaronia[]
Ethan's initial landfall in Lazaronia on September 22 worsened flooding from previous systems such as hurricanes Kenny and Forrest. Entire chunks of land were ripped out of the ground.[6]
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Aftermath[]
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See also[]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://hypotheticalhurricanes.fandom.com/f/p/4400000000003862262
- ↑ https://hypotheticalhurricanes.fandom.com/f/p/4400000000003868120
- ↑ https://hypotheticalhurricanes.fandom.com/f/p/4400000000003862087
- ↑ https://hypotheticalhurricanes.fandom.com/f/p/4400000000003865779
- ↑ https://hypotheticalhurricanes.fandom.com/f/p/4400000000003863028
- ↑ https://hypotheticalhurricanes.fandom.com/f/p/4400000000003862278