The WikiProject Tropical Cyclones Newsletter 31 Number 31 September 10 2010 The Hurricane Herald This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary both of the activities of the WikiProject and global tropical cyclone activity If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter or no longer wish to receive it please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list This newsletter covers all of August 2010 Please visit this page and bookmark any suggestions of interest to you This will help improve monitoring of the WikiProject s articles Storm of the month Hurricane Frank is the storm of the Month Tropical Depression Nine E formed on August 21 south of the Gulf of Tehuantepec It developed into a tropical storm the following morning On August 23 Frank continued to intensify but later faced shear and entered a period of weakening However on August 24 as shear decreased it began to reorganize and strengthen again becoming a hurricane on August 25 Two days later Frank weakened into a tropical storm Rapidly weakening overnight NHC issued that it have been degraded into an remnant low The area of low pressure associated with Frank was absorbed with another area of disturbed weather which later developed into Tropical Depression Ten E Throughout Central America Hurricane Frank produced torrential rain that resulted in at least 30 fatalities most of which took place in Nicaragua and Honduras In Guatemala alone damage from the system was estimated to be up to 500 million In Mexico six deaths were reported A total 30 homes were destroyed with 26 others damaged Two major roads were damaged with another road blocked due to a landslides Several rivers overflowed their banks as well Losses from the storms totaled millions of dollars Water Currents form a nearby volcano were damaged as well Other tropical cyclone activity Atlantic Ocean In the Atlantic Ocean around three storms and one depression formed Tropical Depression Four early on August 2 Early the next day the depression strengthened further into a tropical storm and was named Colin Tropical Storm Colin was downgraded to a tropical depression late morning on August 8 Tropical Depression 5 formed on August 10 with no improvement it dissipated within 24 hours Tropical Depression Six developed near the Cape Verde Islands on August 21 the first of the series of Cape Verde type storms On August 22 the system attained tropical storm status thus earning the name Danielle The next day it attained hurricane status becoming the second of the season and strengthened further to a Category 2 hurricane On August 27 Hurricane Danielle strengthened to a Category 3 hurricane becoming the first major hurricane of the season and further strengthened to a Category 4 hurricane shortly after Danielle later weakened to a Category 3 then Category 2 hurricane and later became a Category 1 Hurricane due to an eyewall replacement cycle while avoiding land areas It became extratropical early on August 31 southeast of Newfoundland without having directly impacted land It was fully absorbed by a larger extratropical low on September 4 over Greenland On August 25 Tropical Depression 7 formed east of Hurricane Danielle Later that day it was upgraded to Tropical Storm Earl On August 29 2010 Earl strengthened to become the season s third hurricane Earl then quickly intensified to become the season s second major hurricane on August 30 The hurricane weakened to a Category 3 hurricane after an eyewall replacement cycle before becoming a Category 4 again Earl made landfall in the Canadian Maritime Provinces twice in Nova Scotia and once in Prince Edward Island PEI at hurricane intensity On August 30 when gale force winds and better organization resulted in the development of Tropical Storm Fiona skipping tropical depression status It struggled to develop further however as it was hindered by hig