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When the hurricane hit Virginia, Matthew caused two deaths. Heavy wind gusts of up to 68 mph and more than 11 inches of rain led to hundreds of downed trees and severe street flooding in southern Virginia Beach. [149] [150] [123] The Northeast received heavy rain and minor flooding throughout the days of October 9 and 10. [151]
Hurricane Matthew was the strongest tropical cyclone to threaten and impact Florida since Hurricane Wilma in 2005. Developing into a tropical storm on September 28, Matthew underwent rapid intensification, strengthening to a Category 5 hurricane with winds of 165 mph (266 km/h) by October 1.
Matthew was a late-season Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson scale, having formed in the southeastern Caribbean on September 28. The hurricane weakened to Category 4 before making landfall near Les Anglais on October 4, at which time the National Hurricane Center estimated maximum sustained winds of 240 km/h (150 mph).
The death toll from Hurricane Matthew has risen according to local officials, taking the total number of dead from the storm to 140. Hurricane Matthew kills at least 283 in Haiti, dozens in one ...
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Hurricane Matthew has killed at least 69 people, the death toll in struggling Haiti alone rising to 65, local officials said.
Charley also spawned nine tornadoes across the state. Rainfall associated with the hurricane reached 9.88 in (251 mm) in Bud Slough. Charley resulted in 34 deaths across the state, as well as 792 injuries, and damage was estimated at $16 billion, at the time the second-costliest American hurricane. [37] [38] [21] [39]
The number of deaths in Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas, jumped to at least 877 on Friday. Hurricane Matthew kills almost 900 in Haiti before striking US Skip to main content