Tropical Storm Bret was the deadliest natural disaster in Venezuela since the 1967 Caracas earthquake. The third tropical cyclone of the 1993 Atlantic hurricane season, Bret formed on August 4 from a westward-moving, African tropical wave. Bret would later peak as a 60 mph (97 km/h) tropical storm as it neared Trinidad. It took an extremely southerly course through the Caribbean, passing over the coasts of Venezuela and Colombia. High terrain in the northern parts of those countries severely disrupted the circulation of the storm, and Bret had weakened to a tropical depression before emerging over the extreme southwestern Caribbean Sea. There, it restrengthened to a tropical storm and made landfall in Nicaragua on August 10, dissipating soon after. Bret's remnants reached the Pacific Ocean, where they would later regenerate into Hurricane Greg. Tropical Storm: peak winds of 60 mph (50 knots), lowest pressure 1002 mb. August 4 – August 11, 1993. Landfalls: August 7 at 60 mph, 10.8°N 60.8°W; August 7 at 60 mph, 10.8°N 61.8°W; August 8 at 45 mph, 11.0°N 68.3°W; August 10 at 45 mph, 11.1°N 83.8°W. Accumulated cyclone energy: 3.9. Wiki link Track: NOAA National Hurricane Center, HURDAT2 best track AL031993 (public domain).