On August 1, Tropical Storm Earl formed from an area of disturbed weather south of Jamaica and moved west toward the Yucatan. On August 3rd, Earl reached hurricane status and made landfall 12 miles south of Cancun as a Category 2 Hurricane, killing 90 people and injuring 41, as well as causing 950,000 USD in damages. On August 4, Earl exited into the Gulf of Mexico and rapidly intensified into a Category 4, moving northwestward towards Texas. Hurricane Earl strengthened into a Category 5 Hurricane and made landfall at peak intensity, killing 120 people and injuring 150 more on the 5th. Earl rapidly weakened after landfall into a Tropical Storm later that day. Earl dissipated the next day, not before causing a total of 720 million USD in damages.