Hurricane Franklin was a long-lived, erratic, and powerful tropical cyclone that brought tropical-storm force winds to parts of the Greater Antilles and Bermuda.

Franklin brought heavy rainfall and winds to the Dominican Republic, causing damage to buildings, homes, and light posts.

[3] On August 17, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) began monitoring an elongated trough of low pressure located well to the east-southeast of the Lesser Antilles for the possibility of slow development.

The storm soon made landfall with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (70 km/h) south of Barahona, Dominican Republic, shortly before 12:00 UTC on August 23.

[10] After drifting eastward and struggling with strong westerly shear and land interaction for several days, Franklin entered a more favorable environment for development on August 25 and promptly intensified into a Category 1 hurricane the next morning.

[11] A further decrease in wind shear along with less dry air allowed Franklin to begin to rapidly intensify as it moved northwestward, becoming the season's first major hurricane at 09:00 UTC on August 28.

That trend continued after the cycle was completed as northerly wind shear from the outflow from Hurricane Idalia to the southwest increased over Franklin and by 09:00 UTC on August 30, it had weakened to Category 2 strength.

[26] Franklin brought heavy rainfall and wind, causing damage to buildings and homes,[27] leaving numerous communities isolated.

[30] The Haitian Civil Protection Agency warned residents of strong winds and rains expected as the storm made landfall.

Franklin brought tropical-storm-force winds to the island's northern shores on August 30,[32] causing scattered power outages to 300 residences.