hurricane maria hurricane maria hurricane formed september annual hurricane season maria thirteenth named storm sixth hurricane fourth major hurricane record breaking season hurricane maria formed central atlantic september tracked northwest strengthening moved warm waters storm reached peak strength september east bermuda gradually weakened extratropical september hurricane maria affect land tropical system brought tropical storm force winds iceland extratropical cyclone produced heavy rain fatalities norway meteorological history powerful tropical wave moved coast africa august moved west atlantic organized system developed tropical depression fourteen midway cape_verde lesser antilles september shear upper level low southwest slowed development storm caused national_hurricane_center forecasts models indicated depression dissipate hurricane depression gradually strengthened moved northwest open atlantic_ocean tropical storm maria september reaching hurricane strength september central atlantic hurricane maria continued strengthen favorable conditions september briefly category hurricane mph winds miles east bermuda increasing shear cooler waters caused storm rapidly weaken minimal hurricane september operationally nhc believed maria briefly weakened tropical storm post season analysis confirmed occur moved northeast official forecasts called storm continue weaken slowly interaction upper level trough caused maria strengthen predicted storm rapidly extratropical maria retained tropical characteristics hours longer forecasts indicated maria weakened tropical storm september finally extratropical midway azores newfoundland early september extratropical system intensified considerably achieving hurricane intensity september minimum pressure mbar hpa equal minimum pressure tropical cyclone passed south iceland september hurricane strength extratropical system center stayed offshore storm approached norway september merged strong extratropical system impact records maria remained far rip currents caused combined effects distant maria closer hurricane near bermuda time killed person seriously injured new_jersey maria approached land areas tropical system tracked northern europe extratropical storm september land effects felt iceland september tropical storm force winds reported strongest winds recorded sustained winds excess mph reported minimum pressure mbar storm brushed northernmost scotland reported damage extratropical maria merged system storm landfall norway storm brought tropical storm force winds heavy rainfall country caused flooding mudslides particularly bergen important occurred person killed immediately injured numerous homes destroyed marine interests affected large number ferries docked baltic_sea september woman died injuries daughter died february having kept alive accident storm million nok million usd compensation given damage maria developed september earliest season 13th named tropical storm developed beating previous record held hurricane thirteen season days
Hurricane Maria (2005)