Oct 6, 2016
Matthew developed into a tropical storm on September 28th as it was approaching the Windward Islands. It quickly strengthened into a powerful Category 5 hurricane just two days later while just north of the northern coast of Colombia. Feeling the effects of a trough to the north, Matthew turned north and decimated the nation of Haiti killing over 1000 people. After Haiti, Matthew headed towards the southeast U.S. coastline and paralleled much of the east coast of Florida and Georgia before ultim
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 657213). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Coastal Manatee County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.