The name Matthew was used for three
tropical cyclone
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system with a low-pressure area, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depending on its locat ...
s in the
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions, with an area of about . It covers approximately 17% of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area. During the ...
, replacing
Mitch after
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...
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Tropical Storm Matthew (2004) - brought heavy rain to the Gulf Coast of Louisiana, causing light damage but no deaths.
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Tropical Storm Matthew (2010)
Tropical Storm Matthew was a weak but deadly and destructive tropical cyclone which made landfall in Central America during the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season. The fifteenth tropical cyclone and thirteenth named storm of the year, Matthew forme ...
- made landfall in Central America and later moved into Mexico, causing $171million in damages and 126 deaths.
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Hurricane Matthew
Hurricane Matthew was a powerful tropical cyclone which caused catastrophic damage and a humanitarian crisis in Haiti, as well as widespread devastation in the southeastern United States. The deadliest Atlantic hurricane since Hurricane Stan ...
(2016) - an intense Category 5 hurricane that caused $15.1 billion in damages and at least 603 deaths throughout the Caribbean and the United States.
After the 2016 storm, the name was retired and replaced with
''Martin'' for the
2022 season.
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