Extreme Weather

In 2016 Hurricane Matthew killed one person and affected more than 18,000 families. The person who died was an 67 year old man who was swept away by a flash flood in an area where it had not rained in 4 years. The primary damage was done to homes and infrastructures as regions flooded and rivers overflowed the banks. Hurricane Matthew reached category 5. It was the strongest Atlantic hurricane to hit the coast of Colombia since Hurricane Felix in 2007.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/hurricane-matthew-drenches-coastal-colombia/2016/10/01/e34fa784-8803-11e6-ac72-a29979381495_story.html?utm_term=.a916ee667725