Hurricane Matthew

At a glance

Dates: 2016-09-28 – 2016-10-10.

Place: Caribbean Sea, Windward Islands.

Type: hurricane.

Deaths reported: 603.

What came before

Part of: 2016 Atlantic hurricane season.

What happened

Impact Deaths and damage by country Country Fatalities Damage (2016 USD) Ref(s) Total Direct Indirect The Bahamas 0 0 0 $580 million [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Canada 0 0 0 $74 million [ 3 ] Colombia 1 1 0 — N/a [ 4 ] Cuba 4 0 4 $2.58 billion [ 1 ] [ 5 ] Dominican Republic 4 4 0 $434 million [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Haiti 674 674 0 $2.8 billion [ 1 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ]

Aftermath Lesser Antilles In Martinique, Électricité de France requested additional crews from Guadeloupe and French Guiana to help restore power. Members of the military and Forces françaises aux Antilles were deployed to assist in clearing debris from roadways. [ 1 ] The St. Lucia Red Cross distributed non-food items to 270 people affected by the storm. [ 2 ] Haiti A CH-53E Sea Stallion helicopter assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit ,

Hurricane Matthew was a powerful and devastating tropical cyclone which caused catastrophic damage and a humanitarian crisis in Haiti, as well as widespread devastation across Cuba, the Bahamas, and the southeastern United States. The deadliest Atlantic hurricane since Hurricane Stan in 2005, and the first Category 5 Atlantic hurricane since Felix in 2007, Matthew was the thirteenth named storm, fifth hurricane and second major hurricane of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season.