July 18, 2021 - The Curious Tale of Hurricane Emily

Hurricane Emily was a powerful, early season, Cape Verde tropical cyclone that caused significant damage across the Caribbean Sea to Mexico. At it’s time, It was the earliest forming Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in a season and the most intense to form before August. And it made it’s first...that’s right...its first landfall on This Day in Weather History...July 18th, 2005. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices