Tropical Storm Marco was the smallest tropical cyclone on record. The thirteenth named storm of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Marco developed out of a broad area of low pressure over the northwestern Caribbean during late September 2008. Influenced by a tropical wave on October 4, a small low-level circulation center developed over Belize. After crossing the southern end of the Yucatán Peninsula, the low was declared Tropical Depression Thirteen early on October 6. The depression quickly intensified into a tropical storm (pictured) and was given the name Marco later that day. Marco reached its peak intensity with winds of 65 miles per hour (100 km/h) early on October 7. Around this time, tropical storm force winds extended 11.5 miles (18.5 km) from the center of the storm, making Marco the smallest tropical cyclone on record. Around 1200 UTC, Marco made landfall near Misantla, Veracruz. The storm rapidly weakened after landfall, dissipating later that day. Because of its small size, Marco caused minimal damage. However, the storm's heavy rains led to floods up to 10 feet (3.0 m) deep that covered highways and damaged homes.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

404:

Aelia Eudoxia, empress consort of Byzantine emperor Arcadius, died from complications of childbirth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aelia_Eudoxia

1683:

German immigrants to the Pennsylvania Colony founded Germantown, the first permanent German settlement in North America. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_American

1908:

Austria-Hungary announced the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, causing a crisis that permanently damaged their relations with Russia and the Kingdom of Serbia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_crisis

1973:

Egypt, under the leadership of President Anwar Sadat, launched Operation Badr in co-ordination with Syria, crossing the Suez Canal and attacking the fortified Israeli Bar Lev Line, starting the Yom Kippur War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_Kippur_War

1998:

University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard was attacked and fatally wounded for being gay near Laramie, Wyoming, US, dying six days later. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Shepard

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wizened: Withered; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wizened

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