Satellite Movie Shows Major Hurricane Matthew Affecting Hispaniola

This animation of NOAA’s GOES-East satellite imagery from Sept. 30 to Oct. 3 shows Matthew become a major hurricane in the Caribbean Sea. Matthew reached Category 5 status late on Oct. 1 and dropped to Category 4 status the next day. By Oct. 3 Matthew was affecting Hispaniola and Jamaica. TRT: 00:36 Credit: NASA/NOAA GOES Project