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Hurricane Leslie (known as Storm Leslie or Cyclone Leslie in Portugal and Spain while extratropical) was the strongest cyclone to strike the Iberian Peninsula since 1842. A large, long-lived, and erratic tropical cyclone, Leslie was the twelfth named storm and sixth hurricane of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm was of non-tropical origin, developing from a large low-pressure system that developed over the northern Atlantic Ocean on 22 September. The low quickly acquired subtropical characteristics and was classified as Subtropical Storm Leslie on the following day. The cyclone meandered over the northern Atlantic and gradually weakened, before merging with a frontal system on 25 September, which later intensified into a powerful hurricane-force low over the north Atlantic.

While Post-Tropical Cyclone Leslie began to weaken on 27 September, it simultaneously began to reacquire subtropical characteristics, and by late on 28 September, Leslie had completed the transition to a subtropical storm once again. Leslie gradually intensified, becoming a hurricane early on 3 October, and initially peaked with winds of 80 mph (130 km/h) later that day. Leslie gradually weakened, falling to tropical storm intensity late on 4 October. The cyclone continued to slowly weaken before beginning to re-strengthen on 8 October. On 10 October, Leslie reached hurricane status for a second time. Leslie continued to slowly strengthen, reaching peak intensity with sustained winds of 90 mph (150 km/h) and a minimum central pressure of 969 mbar (28.62 inHg), on 12 October. Leslie then began to gradually weaken over the next day, while accelerating towards the northeast, before transitioning into an extratropical cyclone just off the coast of Portugal on 13 October, before making landfall shortly afterward. Leslie's remnant continued moving eastward while rapidly weakening, dissipating on 16 October near the Franco-Spanish border.

Hurricane Leslie prompted the issuance of tropical storm watches and warnings for Madeira Island, the first in its history. The storm was also responsible for 15 deaths, including 2 in Portugal and 13 in France.