But he warned, “Our wind-speed forecasting skill is less than our storm-track forecasting skill,” so “we don’t want to make any assumption that there’s not going to be any impact when it comes back around.” The current forecast calls for the hurricane to be reduced to nothing more than a tropical depression, with wind speeds of no more than 40 miles per hour, Dr. If the storm does loop back around, however, expect it to have weakened substantially. “We are preparing for the worst, hoping for the best and not taking any chances,” Scott saidĬontributing: Steph Solis and Doyle Rice, USA TODAY J.D.“It’s fairly uncommon, but it does happen every once in a while,” he said. Matthew also could cause significant beach erosion along the Atlantic coast, according to AccuWeather. "Tropical storm or hurricane conditions could affect portions of Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina later this week or this weekend, even if the center of Matthew remains offshore." At a minimum, "very dangerous beach and boating conditions are likely along much of the U.S. coast has increased," the hurricane center said. "The threat to Florida and the southeastern U.S. Pat McCrory declared a state of emergency for central and eastern parts of the state. The Georgia emergency management officials urged residents to "closely monitor local forecasts and stay weather-aware." "Everyone should prepare for prolonged power outages across the east coast." "We have to be focused on the potential for power outages," Scott tweeted. “My wife is sending me out cause she’s caught up in the hysteria - from the moment she heard ‘hurricane,’” he said. Sean Smith, of Pembroke Pines, told the Sun Sentinel newspaper he went to a Home Depot for water, batteries and flashlights. By midafternoon Tuesday, the Publix in downtown Fort Lauderdale was stripped of bottle water and was running out of batteries and other hurricane supplies fast. John Pendergrast, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Melbourne, warned that the storm continues to remain unpredictable but said Matthew "looks like it’s going to be a close brush." In Florida, a hurricane watch was in effect from Deerfield Beach, Fla., to the Volusia/Brevard county line in Central Florida. A tropical storm watch was in effect from the Seven Mile Bridge in the Florida Keys northward to the hurricane watch area. At least nine deaths already were reported. Matthew is the strongest hurricane to hammer the region since 2007, when Felix reached Category 5 status with sustained winds of 160 mph and killed more than 130 people, most in Nicaragua. Hurricane Matthew’s path similar to Hazel’s in 1954Ī hurricane warning remained in effect for all of Haiti and portions of Cuba and the Bahamas.Storm threatens these weekend sport events.Hurricane Matthew to trigger storm surge, beach erosion."But our present track does bring the possibility of hurricane force winds to Florida."įeltgen said it was too early to determine a timeline or impact along the rest of the East Coast as Matthew sweeps north. "We still have the core (staying) off the Florida coast," Feltgen said. East Coast, the hurricane center reported. The latest computer models predicted a path edging closer to the U.S. The Category 4 hurricane made landfall in Haiti on Tuesday with top sustained winds near 145 mph. Hurricane-strength winds could reach Florida midday Thursday, and the storm could linger there into Friday, National Hurricane Center spokesman Dennis Feltgen said. If the predictions of one top weather model are accurate, Hurricane Matthew would be "a disaster for the east coast of Florida from about West Palm Beach north up Interstate 95 to Jacksonville," WeatherBell meteorologist Ryan Maue tweeted Tuesday afternoon.Ī hurricane watch was issued Tuesday for parts of Florida as Matthew roared through the Caribbean, pounding tiny Haiti with heavy rain and powerful winds and tides. Wednesday update: East Coast evacuations begin.In the United States, bottled water flew off supermarket shelves along Florida's Atlantic Coast and South Carolina prepared to evacuate more than 1 million people as the nation braced itself for the most powerful storm to smash through the region in almost a decade. ET, it was about 55 miles east by northeast of Guantanamo, the center reported. The powerful category 4 storm was carrying maximum sustained winds of 130 mph and moving north at 8 mph, the National Hurricane Center said. ET as other places made preparations to protect themselves and braced for the worst. The much anticipated Hurricane Matthew made landfall Tuesday night near the eastern tip of Cuba at about 8 p.m.
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