Hurricane Matthew: By the numbers
Matthew was the deadliest Atlantic hurricane since Stan in 2005.
It was the first hurricane to make landfall in South Carolina since Gaston in 2004.
And USA Today reported it dumped enough rain to fill the Rose Bowl 163,000 times.
Here’s a breakdown of damages, weather records, fatalities in Beaufort County, statewide and nationally.
Hurricane Matthew in Beaufort County
Highest wind speed: 88 mph on Hilton Head Island
Tallest storm surge: The closest instrument to measure the surge, at Fort Pulaski, recorded a 12.5 foot surge, a record for that tidal gauge.
Total rainfall: 14.04 inches
Closest storm came to county: Five to 10 miles offshore from Hilton Head Island
When peak of storm hit: 5 a.m. Oct. 8
Category: 2
(Source: National Weather Service)
Hurricane Matthew in South Carolina
Highest wind gusts: 88 mph on Hilton Head Island
Most rainfall: 14.04 inches in Beaufort County
Closest storm came to state: made landfall just north of Charleston in McClellanville
Category: 1 for most of its path, aside from Beaufort County
(Source: National Weather Service)
Hurricane Matthew in US
Highest wind speed: 107 mph at USAF Tower in Florida
Most rainfall: 17.49 inches at Hunter Army Airfield in Chatham County, Ga.
Category: 4 when it was 75 miles off the coast of south Florida
(Source: National Weather Service)
Evacuations
Beaufort County: Beaufort County Sheriff's Office Emergency Management Division Commander Lt. Neil Baxley said there is no way to provide an estimate on the number of residents who evacuated the county for the storm.
South Carolina: 350,000
(Source: S.C. Emergency Management Division)
Peak Reported Power Outage Estimates
Beaufort County: 80,000
South Carolina: 834,000
US:
▪ Florida: 1,000,000
▪ Georgia: 342,000
▪ North Carolina: 800,000+
(Source: Gov. Nikki Haley, Georgia Power, Florida Power & Light, WNCN)
Number of Estimated Fatalities*
Beaufort County: 0
U.S.: 46
▪ Florida: 12
▪ Georgia: 3
▪ South Carolina: 4
▪ North Carolina: 26
▪ Virginia: 1
Worldwide: 1,000
(Source: New York Times)
*Preliminary Estimates as of Oct. 18
An earlier version of this story stated the tallest storm surge in the US was measured at the Lumber River in Lumberton, N.C. This was a river surge, not a storm surge.
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This story was originally published October 19, 2016 at 6:46 AM with the headline "Hurricane Matthew: By the numbers."