Hurricane Matthew Archives

Hurricane Matthew becomes powerful Category 5 in the Caribbean on 9/30/16

December 18, 2016October 1, 2016 by Harrison Sincavage

You can also use our interactive tropical cyclone map to view more data about Hurricane Matthew. Category-5 storms are extremely rare in the Atlantic basin. September 30, 2016 Where is Hurricane Matthew headed? October 3, 2016 At 11 pm EDT, Friday September 30, Hurricane Matthew was upgraded to category 5 status by the National Hurricane … Read more

Hurricane Matthew: One of the Atlantic’s Deadliest Since 2005

December 18, 2016October 12, 2016 by Harrison Sincavage

On September 27th, 2016, a tropical depression had formed in the eastern Atlantic Ocean that had traversed across the Atlantic Ocean as a disturbance of thunderstorms days prior. The next day on September 28th, a tropical storm formed. Its name: Matthew. Over the next few days, Matthew would undergo a rapid intensification process and strengthened … Read more