Hurricane Matthew

Hurricane Matthew
Category 5 major hurricane (SSHWS/NWS)
	Hurricane Matthew at peak intensity in the Caribbean Sea on October 1.
Formed	September 28, 2016
Dissipated	October 10, 2016
	(Extratropical after October 9)
Highest winds	1-minute sustained: 165 mph (270 km/h) ;
Lowest pressure	934 mbar (hPa); 27.58 inHg
Fatalities	603 total
Damage	$16.47 billion (2016 USD); (Costliest in Haitian history)
Areas affected	Windward Islands, Leeward Antilles, Venezuela, Colombia, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Turks and Caicos Islands, The Bahamas, Southeastern United States, Atlantic Canada
	Part of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season

Hurricane Matthew was an Atlantic hurricane. This storm developed on September 28, 2016. It threatened Jamaica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas. Matthew hit Haiti on October 4, 2016. It struck Cuba later that evening.^[1]

The storm was the first Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic since 2007's Hurricane Felix. Its peak winds were 160 miles per hour.

Matthew was forecast to affect the Southeastern United States from Florida to eastern North Carolina. It was also forecast to threaten New England at first. The forecast changed and later excluded New England.

The storm caused more than 1,600 deaths in Hispaniola and the Caribbean. In the United States, there were 49 deaths. The Dominican Republic had four deaths from Matthew.^[2]^[3]

Damage in Haiti was estimated at just over $1 billion (2016 USD).

Hurricane Matthew Media

Hurricane Matthew as observed by NASA aboard the International Space Station on October 3.
Water vapour loop of Matthew passing over the Windward Islands and entering the Caribbean Sea on September 28
A map of forecast rainfall totals from Hurricane Matthew for the Greater Antilles and the Bahamas. Peak accumulations in excess of 30 in (760 mm) were expected along the southern coast of Haiti's Tiburon Peninsula.
The animation shows Hurricane Matthew from September 28 to October 2, and 3-dimensional radar data from GPM's DPR instrument.
Annotated animation of Hurricane Matthew moving through the Bahamas on October 5–6
National Hurricane Center Director Richard Knabb (pictured) regularly filmed briefings on the forecast and expected impacts of Hurricane Matthew in the United States.
Enhanced infrared satellite loop of Matthew passing east of Florida on October 7
Hurricane Matthew approaching Jamaica, Haiti, and Cuba on October 3
Matthew making landfall in Haiti
View of cliff erosion a day after Hurricane Matthew hit Naval Station Guantanamo Bay