▁to ▁South ▁Carolina ▁and ▁port ions ▁of ▁North ▁Carolina . ▁Trop ical ▁Storm ▁Col in ▁in ▁early ▁June ▁brought ▁minor ▁flo oding ▁and ▁wind ▁damage ▁to ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁S out he astern ▁United ▁States , ▁especially ▁Florida . ▁H urr icane ▁Earl ▁left ▁ 9 4   f atal ities ▁in ▁the ▁Domin ican ▁Republic ▁and ▁Mexico , ▁ 8 1   of ▁which ▁occurred ▁in ▁the ▁latter . ▁In ▁early ▁September , ▁H urr icane ▁Herm ine , ▁the ▁first ▁h urr icane ▁to ▁make ▁land fall ▁in ▁Florida ▁since ▁H urr icane ▁Wil ma ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁brought ▁extensive ▁coast al ▁flo oding ▁damage ▁especially ▁to ▁the ▁F org ot ten ▁and ▁Nature ▁coast s ▁of ▁Florida . ▁Herm ine ▁was ▁responsible ▁for ▁five ▁fatal ities ▁and ▁about ▁$ 5 5 0   mill ion ▁( 2 0 1 6   US D ) ▁in ▁damage . ▁ ▁The ▁strong est , ▁cost liest , ▁and ▁dead liest ▁storm ▁of ▁the ▁season ▁was ▁H urr icane ▁Matthew , ▁the ▁southern most ▁Category ▁ 5 ▁Atlantic ▁h urr icane ▁on ▁record ▁and ▁the ▁first ▁to ▁reach ▁that ▁intensity ▁since ▁Felix ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁With ▁at ▁least ▁ 6 0 3 ▁death s ▁attributed ▁to ▁it , ▁Matthew ▁was ▁the ▁dead liest ▁Atlantic ▁h urr icane ▁since ▁Stan ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 5 . ▁Furthermore , ▁damage ▁from ▁Matthew ▁is ▁estimated ▁to ▁be ▁at ▁least ▁$ 1 6 . 5   b ill