hurricane matthew made landfall in florida on october 11.
hurricane matthew made landfall in florida on october 11.
where did hurricane matthew make landfall in florida?
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by late on october 7, as matthew advanced towards the carolinas, paralleling the coast of georgia, the southern eyewall of the hurricane had broken apart, as seen from doppler radar, subsequently, the associated satellite presentation had started to become elongated. a more rapid weakening phase took place and matthew weakened to a category 1 hurricane just before making landfall at the cape romain national wildlife refuge in south carolina with sustained winds of 85 mph (140 km/h) and a central pressure of – making it the most intense hurricane (by central pressure) to strike the united states since hurricane irene in 2011, until hurricane harvey in 2017, and the first hurricane to make landfall in the state of south carolina since gaston in 2004. it was also the first hurricane to make landfall north of florida in october since hurricane hazel in 1954.
meteorological history of hurricane matthew