Hurricane Matthew Overview

What we expected • Hurricane Matthew was an

extremely destructive and long-lived tropical cyclone which became the first Category 5 Atlantic hurricane since Hurricane Felix in 2007.

• It was reclassified as a Post-Tropical Cyclone by the time it entered Virginia

• There were heavy winds and rain but not much storm surge in most areas

• The forecast cone of uncertainty did not show Virginia being impacted, until..

What actually happened … it tracked tightly along the North Carolina coast and headed out to sea just as it reached Virginia • Impacts to the Tidewater

area were primarily from long duration bands of rain on the backside of the cyclone

• The date range of impact was primarily October 8 and 9, with extensive flooding continuing into the 10th and beyond.

Hurricane Matthew – Rainfall Totals • Rainfall totals in the Hampton

Roads area ranged from 3 to 14” inches over 34 hours

• The populated areas of Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Virginia Beach were the heaviest hit

• The National Weather Service at Wakefield reported 10 or more inches of rain in a band from Rocky Mount, North Carolina through the Virginia Beach area (https://twitter.com/NWSWakefieldVA, October 9, 2016).

Hurricane Matthew – Rainfall Totals

Pre-Existing Saturated Conditions • Top Image:16 days

prior to Hurricane Matthew (Sept 20 through Oct 5) = 8 to 12 inches

• Bottom Image: 12 day totals including Hurricane Matthew (Oct 6 through Oct 18) = 9 to 12 inches

• Average Annual Rainfall for the area is 46.5 inches

▸ 50% of the annual rainfall fell in 1 month, and 25% in one day

Disaster Declaration • Requested by the

Governor of Virginia on October 7, 2016

• Declared on November 2, 2016

• IA only at first • Amendment One

signed on Nov. 16, 2016

• Added additional IA and PA jurisdictions

Where, how and with whom do we look?

Preliminary Conclusions 1. Pre-Existing saturated conditions throughout the

Tidewater area set the stage for disastrous interior flooding

2. Hurricane (Post-Tropical Storm) Matthew was not a statistically significant storm surge or wave action event along the coastal waterfront despite the damage it caused

3. Several interior areas of Virginia Beach experienced a <1% annual chance flood event during (Canal #2 to London Bridge Creek)

4. There are not enough riverine gages to confirm the annual chance flood event

Preliminary Conclusions (continued)

• The existing storm drainage network cannot handle 50% of the annual rainfall amount in 1 month, and 25% in one day.

• A large percentage of the flooded properties are slab-on-grade.

• Some new developments have been experiencing drainage issues (Ashville Park in Virginia Beach)

The results…

Claims outside of the floodplain

Final Housing/Business Tally

Locality FEMA IHP Reg.

FEMA IHP Approved

Total FEMA IHP Awarded

NFIP Claims NFIP Payouts

SBA Home Loans

SBA Home Total $$

SBA Business Loans

SBA Business Total $$ Total

Accomack -

-

- 6 $5,748

- -

-

- $5,748

Chesapeake 684

203 $872,693

153 $1,100,566 58 $1,661,300 3 $69,300 $3,703,859

Hampton 223

88 $262,771

125 $1,515,051 14 $175,800 3 $85,200 $2,038,822

Isle of Wight -

-

- 10 $98,837

-

-

- $98,837

Newport News

207

102 $371,446

56 $3,470,869 5 $100,400

-

- $3,942,714

Norfolk 688

221 $685,859

289 $2,434,775 41 $667,900 4 $180,000 $3,968,534

Northampton -

-

-

1 $29,512

- -

-

- $29,512

Portsmouth 578

177 $657,458

170 $1,424,923 26 $450,100 9 $844,000 $3,376,481

Southampton -

-

-

2 $10,496

- -

-

- $10,496

Suffolk 306

93 $489,386

36 $871,268 21 $748,300 4 $402,400 $2,511,354

Recovery Support by the Voluntary Sector

• Team Rubicon – 3,276 volunteer hours (Oct 15-28) – $72,072

• VA Conference of the United Methodist Church – 7,072 volunteer hours (Oct – Present)

• $155,584 value – 22 Homes repaired

• $39,112 funds spent in recovery • Operation Blessing • Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia • The Salvation Army • Baptist General Association of Virginia

Recovery Support by the Voluntary Sector

• Tidewater Long-Term Recovery Group – Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Norfolk, Suffolk and Virginia

Beach – Membership

• VA Conference of the United Methodist Church • Catholic Charities of Eastern Virginia • United Way of South Hampton Roads • Southern Baptists Conservatives of Virginia • Volunteer Hampton Roads • The Salvation Army • Local organizations • Local government agencies • Private sector

Recovery Support by the Voluntary Sector

• Anticipated Case Load – 206 households will need some form of recovery

support • Information, referral, emotional/spiritual care, material,

financial, repair/rebuild • 103 homes will need physical repairs to be completed

by voluntary sector

Questions?