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The deadliest Atlantic hurricane since Hurricane Stan in 2005, and the first Category 5 Atlantic hurricane since Felix in 2007, Matthew was the thirteenth named storm, fifth hurricane and second major hurricane of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season.
Radar loop of Matthew east of Florida late on October 6. Double eyewalls can be seen in the hurricane. Matthew spent roughly five hours over eastern Cuba before emerging over the southwestern Atlantic. The hurricane's eye disappeared from infrared imagery, and it weakened to a Category 3 hurricane, due to the interaction with the terrain of ...
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.
Hurricane Matthew will bring great risk to lives and property from Haiti and Cuba to the Bahamas through Wednesday, before turning toward the US coast. Powerful Hurricane Matthew targets Bahamas ...
Hurricane Betsy was the first hurricane to have damages exceeding US$1 billion. In 1960, four rotating lists of names were developed to avoid creating new lists each year, while the practice of retiring any particularly damaging storm names for 10 years continued, with 11 names deemed significant enough to be retired during the decade.
Here's a list of the retired names according to the National Hurricane Center and Central Pacific Hurricane Center. 1954: Carol and Hazel 1955: Connie, Diane, Ione and Janet
A state of emergency was declared in Fla., Ga., and the Carolinas as the Category-3 hurricane threatened a damaging rendezvous with the U.S. coast.
A Category 5 Atlantic hurricane is a tropical cyclone that reaches Category 5 intensity on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale, within the Atlantic Ocean to the north of the equator. They are among the strongest tropical cyclones that can form on Earth, having 1-minute sustained wind speeds of at least 137 knots (254 km/h ; 158 mph ; 70 m ...