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As Hurricane Matthew traveled rapidly towards the southeastern region of the United States, it hit closely to the coasts of Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, and North Carolina. On October 7 in Fernandina Beach, Florida, there was a peak surge of 9.88 ft (3.01 m) above normal.
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 is expected to make landfall or near landfall on Florida's east coast Thursday night. The deadly category 4 hurricane has already left much of the Caribbean nations in shambles.
October 7 – Hurricane Matthew paralleled the east coast of Florida as a major hurricane, with the center remaining about 35 mi (55 km) offshore. The western edge of the eyewall passed over Cape Canaveral, producing wind gusts of 107 mph (172 km/h) there.
Southern Florida escaped the brunt of the storm overnight, but U.S. President Barack Obama and other officials urged people not to get complacent. More than 800 dead from Hurricane Matthew in ...
State of emergencies are in effect in Florida, South Carolina and North Carolina and millions of coastal residents were warned to get ready to evacuate. Hurricane Matthew expected to barrel to ...
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 ...
Atlantic hurricane tracking chart. A tropical cyclone tracking chart is used by those within hurricane-threatened areas to track tropical cyclones worldwide. In the north Atlantic basin, they are known as hurricane tracking charts. New tropical cyclone information is available at least every six hours in the Northern Hemisphere and at least ...