<P> Twenty - six people died in storm - related incidents across North Carolina . 680,000 in North Carolina were without power at one point . Sections of Interstate 95 in South Carolina and in North Carolina had to be shut down as a result of hurricane flooding . The North Carolina section reopened October 17 . After 10 in (25 cm) of rain fell in Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Moore and Robeson Counties on September 28 causing flooding, Matthew dumped another 10 in (25 cm) to 14 in (36 cm). As a result, the Lumber River reached a record 24 ft (7.3 m) in the south end of Lumberton, breaking the record of 20.5 ft (6.2 m) feet . Robeson County schools did not reopen until October 31 . In Smithfield, the Neuse River crested at 29.09 ft (8.87 m), 2 ft (0.61 m) higher than after Hurricane Fran . In Kinston, the Neuse crested at 28.31 ft (8.63 m), a foot (300 mm) higher than the record set by Hurricane Floyd . In Greenville, the Tar River crested at 24.5 ft (7.5 m). Preliminary estimates indicate that roughly 100,000 structures were flooded across the state and damage reached US $1.5 billion . </P> <P> When the hurricane hit Virginia, Matthew caused two deaths and street flooding in the eastern part of the state . The Northeast received heavy rain and minor flooding throughout the days of October 9 and 10 . </P> <P> Matthew's post-tropical remains were absorbed into a frontal zone off the coast of North Carolina . The humidity of the tropical system was drawn into the storm that was formed then . The latter gave heavy rain and strong winds in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland from October 10 to 11 . </P> <P> In Nova Scotia, rain amounts were recorded from east to west as 8.85 in (224.8 mm) in Sydney (Cape Breton Island), 5.09 in (129.2 mm) in Port Hawkesbury, 4.50 in (114.4 mm) in Chéticamp, 4.05 in (102.8 mm) in Halifax, 3.263 in (82.88 mm) in Kentville, and 1.94 in (49.2 mm) in Yarmouth . Heavy rains and strong winds caused flooding and dangerous conditions, particularly in the counties of Pictou, Antigonish, Guysborough and Cape Breton . Several roads were closed to heavy trucks, including Halifax Harbour bridges and the Confederation Bridge between New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island . </P>

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