https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at3.shtml?cone#contents - not 'nearly, but actual hurricane with 75 mph gusts and 4" rain in a broad band across the middle of Iberia.

Nothing Leslie does would surprise me - into the Med and rejuvenate as a medicane. maybe???

This is almost identical to the video i put up that appeared fake.  I would say this is enough to claim both are legit. 

Incredible scenes

http://tropic.ssec.wisc.edu/real-time/mimic-tpw/natl/anim/latest72hrs.gif

Leslie now expected to make landfall near Lisbon as an actual hurricane

You can also see the Michael exiting the US and still warm air trapped in it

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCDAT3+shtml/130838.shtml?

Leslie has started transitioning

So touch and go whether she makes it to land as a hurricane technically

it moved in a northeast direction:)

Leslie now a post tropical cyclone prior to landfall imminently

A bit of a shock to hear the Shipping Forecast starting like this:

"Hurricane 'leslie' Trafalgar, becoming extra-tropical, expected Spain 996 by midday tomorrow"

Leslie seems to be causing current forecasting difficulties for the UK. The cold front is not going to clear eastwards later tomorrow but stall and move westwards by Monday reintroducing tropical airmass and possible thundery showers. What do you think?

https://news.sky.com/story/17-dead-after-hurricane-michael-batters-florida-and-figure-likely-to-rise-11525239 

You'd think so, but with the quality of journalism these days I'm not so sure.

https://s.w-x.co/wu/leslie-portugal-winds.jpg

Chart of Leslie's progress through Portugal

Looks like there have been some significant impacts in Portugal

Not quite a European TC landfall but a hair's breadth away!

How often do you see a track like this!

Terrnible flooding in southern France:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/world/six-killed-in-french-floods-75z6b6wk5

Could this be a side effect of Leslie?

"The equivalent of six months of rain fell in the Aude département in one night, with waters rising as high as rooftops. At least one resident had been asleep when they were swept away.

Officials said that the flooding in Aude valley was the worst since 1891."

I thought the remnants of Michael came into France at that time ( shortly after Leslie hit Portugal)?

Accuweather suggests that Leslie and Michael are 'dumbelling' around esch other, Leslie moving north into Aude, Michael running from NW Spain down into Tunisia

You can actually see the storms yhat caused the flooding over south France on that satellite clip I posted...

The US hurricane season seems to me to have been characterised by unfulfilled media hype.

Florence was a damp squib, and whilst Michael had some oomph, its impact was pretty mild considering.

Florence was ridiculously hyped but if anything Michael was under-hyped - it wasn't obvious what a devastating hurricane it was going to become until less than 24 hours before landfall. It intensified more or less all the way until landfall, whereas most hurricanes will weaken slightly before landfall. 'Oomph' is a bit of an understatement considering it was one of the top 10 strongest hurricanes to make landfall in the US..

And its impact was only mild because the area affected was comparatively sparsely populated. Mexico Beach was essentially flattened. 

Damp, certainly, but given the rainfall records for the Carolinas, I wouldn't say squib.

A couple of photos of Michael's damage here

https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/South-Floridas-Hurricane-Building-Code-StrongAnd-North-Floridas-Could-Be-Stronger

and as Leeds Lad says, lucky it wasn't a populated area or it would have made headlines

For some reason, there was strong wind shear across the Craibbean throughout this year's hurricane season which has suppressed cyclone development. Across in the Pacific, the ACE (Accumulated Cyclone Energy) is in the top 5 years ever recorded

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_ep4+shtml/084147.shtml?cone#contents

Hurricane Willa will likely be a major Cat 5 storm when it strikes Mexico. But of course no media coverage even in America because its Mexico and nobody cares

And besides Willa there's storm Vicente with heavy rain drenching Mexico a bit further south.

Out in the mid-Pacific there's Yutu. no danger to land at this time, but may well become a cat 5 storm to make this the second highest total of cat 5 storms globally, and easily the highest ACE (accumulated cyclone energy) for eastern Pacific. Note that these records only cover the satellite era from 1991 onwards.