2012 Northern Zendari hurricane season

The 2012 Northern Zendari hurricane season was a slightly below-average and relatively costly season, featuring 7 named storms, of which 5 became hurricanes, and only 2 major hurricanes (Category 3 or higher). Theoretically lasting from May 1 to December 31, the season knew its record-latest-forming first named storm on August 15 with Alex. The season lasted through November 23 with Gary's dissipation.

The most significant storm of the season, Alex, formed on Yuvia's shore, then got into an episode which saw it upgrade to a powerful Category 5 storm. After a landfall on southern Wallica, the storm was downgraded to a tropical storm before eventually restrengthening in the open seas, where it re-attained Category 5 status and made landfall on the southern coast of Titonüi. On its course, the storm made 95 fatalities. It was the strongest storm of the season both in wind speed and atmospheric pressure.

Other noticeable hurricanes include Florence and Hurricane Gary.

Season summary
 

Storms
don't last forever

Storm names
The following names were used for named storms that formed in Northern Zendari in 2012. Most names in this list were previously used in 2006, except for the name Dua, which replaced the destructive Delilah. No other names were used for the first time this season.

Retirement
In January 2013, the IZMO decided at its annual meeting to retire three names, that shall never be used to name tropical cyclones in Northern Zendari again:


 * Alex, which caused extensive damage and fatalities in Wallica, Zamolodchikova and Titonüi.
 * Florence, which caused costly floodings in Shairia.
 * Gary, which smashed the coast of Titonüi with a force akin to a violent winter storm.

These names shall be replaced by Alan, Felicia and Gunther in the 2018 season.