Hurricane Bertha was an unusual tropical cyclone in early August 2014 that attained minimal hurricane status , despite having a disheveled appearance and a relatively high atmospheric pressure .

A mostly disorganized cyclone , Bertha quickly moved Motion across the Lesser Antilles , clipping the northern end of Martinique , later that day .

Turning north , and later northeast , Bertha soon weakened Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale as it began Process_start to merge with an approaching trough to the west .

This merger ultimately took place Process_start on August 6 , at which time Bertha was declared Expressing_publicly extratropical well to the south of Nova Scotia .

As a tropical cyclone , Bertha 's impact was relatively minor .

Heavy rainfall flooded Catastrophe low-lying areas and rivers along the storm 's path , including in North Carolina which had previously been affected by hurricanes Bertha and Fran earlier in the year .

Hurricane Catastrophe Bertha caused Causation minor damage Damaging in the United States , Bermuda , and Atlantic Canada in July and August 1990 .

The third tropical cyclone Catastrophe , second named Name_conferral storm Catastrophe , and first hurricane Catastrophe of the 1990 Atlantic hurricane season , Bertha developed Coming_to_be from a frontal low pressure area offshore of North Carolina on July 24 .

Bertha became Becoming a hurricane Catastrophe early on July 29 , though it weakened Cause_change_of_strength back to a tropical storm Catastrophe later that day .

On the following day , Bertha re-intensified Cause_change_of_strength into a hurricane Catastrophe and peaked as an 80 mph ( 130 km/h ) Category 1 hurricane Catastrophe on July 31 .

Early on August 2 , Bertha made Manufacturing landfall near Sydney , Nova Scotia while weakening Cause_change_of_strength and transitioning Change back into an extratropical cyclone Catastrophe .

Overall , Bertha caused Causation nine fatalities Death and approximately $ 3.91 million ( 1990 USD ) in damage Damaging .