Matthew Report

Hurricane Matthews and Its Effects

Several days after the devastating hurricane Matthew places in the Caribbean and the southeast coast of the United States are still feeling the effects. Many places are still flooded and there are thousands of power outages. Rivers have overflowed past their banks. Many have lost their homes from the floods associated with the rivers. North Carolina has stated to stay away from the water as it recedes back into the ocean.

Hurricane Matthew has devastated thousands over the past weeks. Its storms and floods have cost many people their lives and their homes. Matthew began as a tropical storm formed off of a tropical wave along the coast of Africa in late September. According to The Weather Channel, it then began to move westward in the Atlantic. Once it reached the Caribbean's, it was classified as a hurricane. It reached a high point on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, when it became a Category 5. Matthew destroyed Haiti and Cuba starting on Oct. 4, leaving the people of these countries in disarray. It then proceeded to hit the Bahamas on Oct. 4-5 as a Category 3 and 4 hurricane. After that, Matthew took the east coast of the US. It moved along the coasts of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. Then Matthew hit land on Oct. 8 in McClellanville, South Carolina. For more information on the Hurricane use the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O44N8xBI3bw.

With highs of 107 mph winds, Hurricane Matthew has affected many people along the east coast and in Haiti. The death total is constantly rising as the flooding is decreasing. There has been reports of thirty three deaths in the United States (Florida-twelve, South Carolina-three, Georgia-three, Virginia-one, and North Carolina-fourteen) and over one thousand in Haiti. The estimated cost of damage is six billion dollars while over seven thousand homes have been damaged and/or destroyed. Hurricane Matthew first started forming on September 5, 2016 and started “swimming” in the Atlantic Ocean on October 10, 2016. With Matthew, came flooding. People across the path of Matthew are in grave danger of Typhoid, a disease which affects water sources.Their food sources are dwindling and they need our help.

The chart below show the Hurricanes that can compare to Hurricane Matthew. All of these damaged North Carolina. The most intense of them all was Hurricane Hazel. Hurricane Matthew did more damage than most of these. These hurricanes devastated North Carolina by causing floods, destroying structures, and changing beaches for life.

Previous Hurricanes That Hit North Carolina

Storm	Category	Date of landfall	Year	Landfall intensity	Landfall location
Unnamed	3	August 19	1879	100	Cape Lookout
San Ciriaco	3	August 18	1899	105	Hatteras
Unnamed	3	September 16	1933	100	Ocracoke
Great Atlantic Hurricane	3	September 14	1944	100	Cape Hatteras
Hurricane Hazel	4	October 15	1954	115	North Carolina border
Hurricane Connie	3	August 12	1955	100	Portsmouth
Hurricane Lone	3	September 19	1955	100	Morehead City
Hurricane Hellen	3	September 27	1958	100	Offshore Outer Banks
Hurricane Donna	3	September 12	1960	100	Emerald Isle
Hurricane Diana	3	September 13	1984	100	Cape Fear
Hurricane Gloria	3	September 27	1985	100	Hatteras Island
Hurricane Emily	3	August 31	1993	100	Offshore Hatteras Island
Hurricane Fran	3	September 6	1996	100	Cape Fear

Posted by SNER