The National Hurricane Center has issued the following Watches and Warnings related to Hurricane Matthew as of 11:00 AM EST on Tuesday, October 4 th: Link United States: The National Hurricane Center continues to issue Public Advisories Tropical Storm Nicole: Link.
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Remember, provides information on how to prepare for a storm and how to keep you and your family safe: Link. The Governor of South Carolina has issued a state of emergency for 26 counties: Link. The Governor of Georgia has issued a state of emergency for 13 counties: Link. The Governor of Florida Activates National Guard: Link. Florida, Carolinas brace for fury of Hurricane Matthew: Link. Let’s hope that the system is affected by wind shear and moves out to sea.” Related Stories A worst case scenario could occur if Matthew stalls in the Atlantic in warm water and gets shoved back towards the coast. It is also very difficult to estimate potential impacts to coastal communities. “Any time the track forecast indicates a drastic turn, there is a large amount of uncertainty over the next 5 days. On this track, Matthew will be moving across the Bahamas through Thursday, and is expected to be very near the east coast of Florida by Thursday evening: Link.īrock Long, Hagerty Consulting’s former Executive Vice President and former Director of Alabama’s Emergency Management Agency (EMA) warns that the current forecasts suggest Matthew is still a very dangerous storm. Matthew is moving toward the northwest near 12 mph (19 km/h), and this motion is expected to continue during the next 24 to 48 hours. A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Haiti, Turks and Caicos IslandsĪs of 11:00 AM EST, Wednesday, October 5, 2016, Hurricane Matthew currently registers as a Category 3 Hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Scale. A Hurricane Watch is in effect for the Cuban province of Camaguey. A Hurricane Warning is in effect for Haiti the Cuban provinces of Guantanamo, Santiago de Cuba, Holguin, Granma, and Las Tunas Southeastern Bahamas, including the Inaguas, Mayaguana, Acklins, Crooked Island, Long Cay, and Ragged Island Central Bahamas, including Long Island, Exuma, Rum Cay, San Salvador, and Cat Island Northwestern Bahamas, including the Abacos, Andros Island, Berry Islands, Bimini, Eleuthera, Grand Bahama Island, and New Providence. A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Florida – Chokoloskee to Golden Beach, Florida Keys from Seven Mile Bridge eastward, Florida Bay. A Hurricane Watch is in effect for Florida – North of the Flagler/Volusia county line to Fernandina Beach. A Hurricane Warning is in effect for Florida – North of Golden Beach to the Flagler/Volusia county line, Lake Okeechobee. The National Hurricane Center has issued the following Watches and Warnings related to Hurricane Matthew as of 11:00 AM EST on Wednesday, October 5 th: Link United States: If it stays on its current projected path, it will then head toward the Carolinas this weekend.Octoat 10:38 am Hurricane Matthew Threatens Caribbean, Southern US as Category 3 (UPDATING) Matthew is expected to weaken back to a Category 2 storm by Friday, according to the Hurricane Center. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, where authorities evacuated about 700 spouses and children of service members on military transport planes to Florida. The center was expected to pass about 50 miles east of the U.S. 
They also evacuated people from some outlying islands.Īfter passing Jamaica and Haiti, Matthew was projected to reach Cuba. Teams of civil protection officials walked the streets of Les Cayes and other areas urging residents to secure their homes, prepare emergency kits and warn their neighbors. Authorities broadcast warnings over the radio telling people to swiftly heed evacuation warnings, trying to counter a common tendency for people to try to stay in their homes to protect them during natural disasters. Officials with Haiti's civil-protection agency said there were roughly 1,300 emergency shelters across the country, enough to hold up to 340,000 people. The Hurricane Center warns that such a powerful storm can cause "severe damage" to homes and other structures, while toppling trees and power poles. The winds picked up a bit Monday, but Matthew has remained a Category 4 storm since Saturday. The storm's winds decreased to 145 mph from a high on Friday of 160 mph. Monday, Matthew was less than 200 miles southwest of Port Au Prince, Haiti, and moving north at 7 mph, according to the Hurricane Center.
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