3 ▁h urr icane . ▁Matthew ▁weak ened ▁to ▁a ▁Category   2 ▁h urr icane ▁late ▁on ▁October   7 ▁and ▁then ▁to ▁a ▁Category   1 ▁h urr icane ▁by ▁ 1 2 : 0 0   UTC ▁on ▁October   8 . ▁About ▁three ▁hours ▁later , ▁the ▁h urr icane ▁made ▁land fall ▁at ▁Cape ▁Rom ain ▁National ▁Wild life ▁Ref uge , ▁near ▁McC le ll an ville , ▁South ▁Carolina , ▁with ▁wind s ▁of ▁ 8 5   m ph ▁( 1 4 0   km / h ). ▁Con ve ction ▁became ▁disp la ced ▁as ▁Matthew ▁pulled ▁away ▁from ▁land , ▁with ▁Matthew ▁becoming ▁extr at rop ical ▁about ▁ 2 0 0   mi ▁( 3 2 0   km ) ▁east ▁of ▁Cape ▁H atter as , ▁North ▁Carolina , ▁on ▁October   9 . ▁ ▁He avy ▁ra ins ▁and ▁strong ▁wind s ▁buff et ed ▁the ▁L esser ▁Ant illes . ▁The ▁wind s ▁caused ▁w ides p read ▁power ▁out ages ▁and ▁dam aged ▁cro ps , ▁particularly ▁in ▁St . ▁Lu cia , ▁while ▁flo oding ▁and ▁land sl ides ▁caused ▁by ▁the ▁ra inf all ▁dam aged ▁many ▁homes ▁and ▁roads . ▁One ▁person ▁died ▁in ▁St . ▁Vincent ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁cr ushed ▁by ▁a ▁b ould er . ▁The ▁storm ▁brought ▁precip itation ▁to ▁Colombia ' s ▁Gu aj ira ▁Pen ins ula , ▁which ▁saw ▁its ▁first ▁heavy ▁rain ▁event ▁in ▁three ▁years .