Transcription of Hurricane Matthew
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NATIONAL Hurricane CENTER. TROPICAL CYCLONE REPORT. Hurricane Matthew . (AL142016). 28 September 9 October 2016. Stacy R. Stewart National Hurricane Center 7 April 20171. MIMIC MICROWAVE SATELLITE IMAGE OF Matthew AS THE EYE OF THE POWERFUL Hurricane WAS MAKING. LANDFALL NEAR LES ANGLAIS, HAITI, AT 1100 UTC 4 OCTOBER 2016. IMAGE COURTESY OF UW-CIMSS WISCONSIN. Matthew was a category 5 Hurricane (on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale). that later made landfalls as a major Hurricane along the coasts of southwestern Haiti, extreme eastern Cuba, and western Grand Bahama Island, and as a category 1 Hurricane along the central coast of South Carolina. Matthew was responsible for 585 direct deaths, with more than 500 deaths occurring in Haiti, making it the deadliest Atlantic Hurricane since Hurricane Stan in 2005. Matthew reached category 5 intensity at the lowest latitude ever recorded in the Atlantic Basin.
Bahamas. Continuing on a northwestward track, the category 4 hurricane made landfall near West End, Grand Bahama Island, around 0000 UTC 7 October, bringing category -3 winds to that area. A broad, eastward-moving mid-latitude trough located over the central United States
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