The storm rapidly intensified over the warmer water. Matthew became a hurricane two days later, and a category 5 storm - the day after that, with a maximum wind speed of 165 mph. The storm turned ...

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - Eight years ago today, Hurricane Matthew made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane in McClellanville, ...

Here's how many Category 5 hurricanes have hit mainland U.S. While multiple hurricanes that made landfall in the U.S. peaked at Category 5, only four storms on record have done so at that intensity.

However, the original video in fact shows Hurricane Matthew, which hit Florida in ... The storm reached the maximum category five as it struck the Caribbean and the southeast US coast, killing ...

On the other hand, there was a nine-year gap in the Atlantic between 2007's Felix and 2016's Matthew. The list of Category 5 Atlantic Basin hurricanes from 1924 through early October 2024.

Hurricane Milton's wind speeds rapidly intensified by 95 mph in a single 24-hour period, hitting up to 180 mph on Monday afternoon.