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Hurricane Matthew has been a very severe weather event. Hurricane Matthew started on September 28th, 2016 through October 10th, 2016. Lasting a total of thirteen days. The reason that Hurricane Matthew became such a major event is because it traveled a really long path, and how many people lost their lives because of this hurricane. There were a total of 1,384 deaths caused by Hurricane Matthew. This hurricane occurred from the Caribbean to Cape Hatteras. It went through many places. Such as, Atlantic Canada, Daytona Beach, Fayetteville, Hispaniola, Georgia, Columbia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, North Carolina, Cuba, Charleston, Savannah, Bahamas, Myrtle Beach, Florida, Daytona International Speedway, Jacksonville, Jamaica, Dominican

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