Hurricane Bertha (2008) weakened to a tropical storm on July 13, and a large upper-level low over the central Atlantic steered it east and southeast. After generally maintaining its strength for several days, an eye redeveloped and convection became more symmetric about the feature on July 18, prompting the NHC to upgrade Bertha to a hurricane around 18:00 UTC that day. The storm rapidly accelerated ahead of a trough off the East Coast of the United States, forcing Bertha into rapidly cooler waters. Its wind field became extremely asymmetric and deep convection near the center dissipated, indicative of an extratropical transition that Bertha
Hurricane Dolly (2008) was killed and at least nine others had to be rescued from Panama City Beach, Florida, as a result of rip currents caused by Dolly. The remnants of Dolly also impacted the south and middle of the Midwest including the Chicago metropolitan area and Illinois, Indiana, Tennessee, and some parts of southern Missouri, causing severe weather reports and some damage of property. In Matamoros, Tamaulipas, downed power lines fell on floodwaters and electrocuted one man. The hurricane caused 19 colonias to lose electric power, and about 125,000 users lost power the night after Dolly's second landfall. 111 colonias were flooded,