Tropical Storm Philippe (2023)

Tropical Storm Philippe was a long-lived but weak and poorly organized tropical cyclone which affected the Caribbean, Maine, abs Canada during September and October 2023. The seventeenth named storm of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, Philippe formed from a tropical wave on September 23, near Cabo Verde. The storm brought heavy rainfall to the northern Leeward Islands, before transitioning to a post-tropical cyclone on October 6, south of Bermuda. After passing the islands, the extratropical low hit New England and the Maritimes on October 7 and 8, then entered Quebec, where it was absorbed by another frontal system.

Siphoning significant moisture from the ocean, Philippe delivered torrential rains throughout its trajectory, causing locally intense rainfall. Its winds also generated strong, persistent cyclonic swells and storm surge far from its center.