The port town of Les Cayes has seen flooded streets and houses go without roofs. "So what this means for us is that we're out of contact with our staff right now which is quite difficult and the bridge going down means it will be harder to move materials." "The mobile network has also gone down," explained Laura Sewel, an aid worker with Care Haiti. Mourad Wahba, the United Nations special representative for Haiti, added that overcrowded hospitals are suffering shortages of fresh water.Įmergency efforts have also been hampered by downed communications and blocked roads, BBC added. President Barack Obama also announced on Tuesday that he will have to be canceling a scheduled visit to Miami Gardens to campaign for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, which had been planned for Wednesday.Įarly reports noted that Matthew's impact on Cuba was not nearly as bad as Haiti, where winds of 145mph, heavy rain and dangerous storm surges forced nearly 10,000 people in shelters. "Again, we cannot rule out a direct hit." "We cannot rule out a direct hit on Florida," Scott said. Rick Scott said that he activated 200 Florida National Guardsmen on Tuesday, with 300 more set to be activated on Wednesday, and another 6,000 members of the FNG placed on standby in case a large-scale evacuation is needed. "The magnitude of any of those impacts will depend on Matthew's track and intensity at that time."įlorida Gov. A man walks past a flooded street while Hurricane Matthew passes, in Cite-Soleil in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, October 4, 2016. Even if the center of the hurricane does stay offshore, we would still have the potential for coastal flooding, beach erosion, battering surf, rain and gusty winds," Dolce said. "Matthew could pass near or just off the Southeast coast late this week into the weekend. Weather Channel meteorologist Chris Dolce said the exact intensity of the storm when it passes near the U.S. At least two people are reported to have died in Haiti, with the storm now moving off the north-eastern coast of Cuba, and triggering warnings in the American south east. The other one, the European model, doesn't quite complete the circle, says Jeff Masters, a former federal hurricane hunter meteorologist and meteorology director of Weather Underground."Our goal is to make sure you get 100 miles away from the coast."īBC News reports that thousands of people have been displaced in Haiti, with officials attempting to reach the worst-hit areas on Wednesday.
#Mathew hurricane track full#
One of the two major computer models that meteorologists use on - the American GFS model - has Matthew doing a full circle and crossing into South Florida sometime Tuesday.
Still, the National Hurricane Center's five-day forecast shows a now-tropical storm Matthew making three quarters of the loop by Tuesday morning. This many days out, any model forecast is subject to major changes and shouldn't be relied upon, meteorologists caution. It is still a long way out, but some computer models show that after raking the lower southeast coast, Matthew will turn east into in the Atlantic and then back down south again. It would be unusual, but not unprecedented. It's more akin to rubbing salt in the Sunshine State's wounds than inflicting further damage, meteorologists say.
If so, what arrives Tuesday would just be a weakened remnant of the monster storm that's about to rake the Florida and Georgia coasts. NASA spokesman George Diller, part of the 116-person ride out crew, said there have been some spotty power outages on site, and loss of air conditioning and water pressure in places. An office building suffered some roof damage, and parked cars had damage, as well. NASA reported what appeared to be mostly minor damage at Kennedy Space Center. Port Canaveral and Cape Canaveral had an extreme wind warning, with gusts up to 115 mph as the outer eye wall of Matthew approached Friday morning. The hurricane warning from Sebastian Inlet to Cocoa Beach has been changed to a tropical storm warning. "Although weakening is forecast during the next 48 hours, Matthew is expected to remain a hurricane until itīegins to move away from the United States on Sunday," the NWS said. The center of Matthew will be moving near or over the coasts of Georgia and South Carolina on Saturday. The end of the pier at Flagler Beach is reportedly missing, and it’s unknown how extensive damage is for the rest of the pier. There were reports of multiple oceanfront structures with roof damage at Flagler Beach, and A1A South being compromised in multiple locations, including near S 18th and S 16th.
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