Monster Hurricane Matthew bears down on the US: Storm of the decade batters Haiti with 145mph winds and could hit Florida on Friday
Hurricane Matthew made landfall in Haiti today where 145mph winds and heavy rains battered the island
Around 430,000 people have been evacuated as meteorologists warn that severe flooding could cause a death toll that is in the thousands
At least four have died in the Hurricane. In Haiti, one man died when the storm crashed through his home today, another died at sea while a fisherman is reported missing
Another man died Friday in Colombia and a 16-year-old was killed in the Grenadines on September 28
Jamaica, the Dominica Republic and Cuban provinces of Guantanamo, Santiago de Cuba, Holguin, Granma and Las Tunas and the southeastern Bahamas are all on hurricane alert
Hundreds of military family members were evacuated from Guantanamo Bay in Cuba and a travel warning has been issued for travelers in the Bahamas
Forecasters warn the storm winds and heavy rain could hit Florida by Friday and move up the East Coast
Governor Rick Scott has declared a state of emergency for the entire state and warned Matthew could be as big as 1992’s Hurricane Andrew
By HANNAH PARRY
DAILYMAIL.COM
4 October 2016
The most powerful Atlantic tropical storm in a decade made landfall in Haiti Tuesday, flooding streets and sending people scrambling to emergency shelters as forecasters warn the Category 4 storm could hit Florida by Friday.
More than 430,000 have been evacuated out of Haiti, where it’s feared the Category 4 storm could cause another devastating humanitarian disaster to the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere.
‘You could see a death toll in the thousands,’ Colorado State University meteorologist Phil Klotzbach warned as life-threatening 145mph winds and heavy rain battered the island.
The deadly storm has already killed at least four people in the past week, while at least one fisherman is missing.
‘We’ve already seen deaths. People who were out at sea. There are people who are missing. They are people who didn’t respect the alerts. They’ve lost their lives,’ Interim Haitian President Jocelerme Privert said at a news conference.
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