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Update re: Hurricane Matthew >Powerful Storm Hits Atlantic >US Evacuates Guantanamo

Powerful Hurricane Matthew a Threat to Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba


PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP). 3 October 2016. —


Heavy rains from the outer bands of Hurricane Matthew drenched Jamaica and Haiti on Monday, flooding streets and sending many people to emergency shelters as the Category 4 storm approached the two countries. Two deaths were reported in Haiti, bringing the total for the storm to at least four.


Matthew had sustained winds of 140 mph (220 kph) as it moved north, up from 130 mph (210 kph) earlier in the day. The center was expected to pass just east of Jamaica and near or over the southwestern tip of Haiti early Tuesday before heading to eastern Cuba, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said.

"We are looking at a dangerous hurricane that is heading into the vicinity of western Haiti and eastern Cuba," said Richard Pasch, a senior hurricane specialist with the center. "People who are impacted by things like flooding and mudslides hopefully would get out and relocate because that's where we have seen loss of life in the past."






Many were taking that advice. In Jamaica, more than 700 people packed shelters in the eastern parish of St. Thomas and the Salvation Army said there were about 200 people at its shelters in Kingston as it put out a call for mattresses and cots. Many streets flooded throughout the country's southeast.

Still, many people chose to stick it out. Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie said all but four residents of the Port Royal area near the Kingston airport refused to board buses and evacuate.

Fisherman Carlos Smith in St. Catherine Parish said he realized the storm appeared to be dangerous but he couldn't abandon his property.

"I want to leave anytime now and go to a shelter, but we can't leave our things because that's how we hustle and make a living," he said.

In Haiti, authorities went door to door in the south coast cities of Les Cayes and Jeremie to make sure people were aware of the storm. At least 1,200 people were evacuated to shelters in churches and schools.

"We are continuing to mobilize teams in the south to move people away from dangerous areas," said Marie Alta Jean-Baptiste, head of Haiti's civil protection agency.

In Port-au-Prince, schools were shuttered and residents lined up at gas stations and cleared out the shelves at supermarkets as a light rain fell in the capital. Some worried the city of roughly a million people would not fare well. "We are not prepared," unemployed mason Fritz Achelus said as he watched water pool on a downtown street.

At least two fishermen died in rough water churned up by the storm, Jean-Baptiste said. A boat carrying one of the men capsized early Monday off the tiny southwestern fishing town of Saint Jean du Sud as he was trying to bring his wooden skiff to shore. The body of the other was recovered a short time later off the nearby town of Aquin after he apparently drowned.

Their deaths brought the total for the storm to at least four. One man died Friday in Colombia and a 16-year-old in St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Sept. 28 when the system passed through the eastern Caribbean.

Forecasters said the storm was expected to dump as much as 40 inches (100 centimeters) of rain on some isolated areas of Haiti, raising fears of deadly mudslides and floods in the heavily deforested country where many families live in flimsy houses with corrugated metal roofs.


Matthew is one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes in recent history and briefly reached the top classification, Category 5, becoming the strongest hurricane in the region since Felix in 2007. The hurricane center said the storm appeared to be on track to pass east of Florida through the Bahamas, but it was too soon to predict with certainty whether it would threaten any spot on the U.S. East Coast.



"Although our track is to the east of Florida, interests there should remain vigilant and we can't rule out the possibility of impacts," Pasch said.

As of 11 a.m. EDT (1500 GMT), the storm was centered about 275 miles (440 kilometers) southwest of Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince and 205 miles (330 kilometers) southeast of Kingston. It was moving north at 6 mph (9 kph).


A hurricane warning was posted for the southeastern Bahamas. A hurricane watch was in effect for eastern Cuba, the southeastern Bahamas and the Turks and Caico Islands.


After passing Jamaica and Haiti, Matthew's center was expected to pass about 50 miles (80 kilometers) east of the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where authorities evacuated about 700 spouses and children of service members on military transport planes to Florida.



The U.S. installation has a population of about 5,500, including 61 men held at the detention center for terrorism suspects. Navy Capt. David Culpepper, the base commander, said emergency shelters had been set up and authorities were bracing for 80 mph winds along with storm surge and heavy rain that could threaten some low-lying areas, including around the power plant and water desalination facility.

"We have no choice but to prepare ourselves to take a frontal assault if you will," Culpepper said.


MORE:

US Evacuates Military Families From Guantanamo as Hurricane Matthew Barrels Towards Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba and Could Hit the Carolinas Later This Week

  • Center of the hurricane was expected to pass about 50 miles east of U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay
  • The US evacuated 700 spouses and children of service members on military transport planes to Florida
  • The base has a population of 5,500, including 61 men held at the detention center for terrorism suspects
  • After passing Jamaica and Haiti, the Category 4 hurricane is projected to reach Cuba before potentially hitting the East Coast
Daily Mail UK, 3 October 2016



The United States has evacuated 700 spouses and children of service members from the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay on military transport planes to Florida as Hurricane Matthew barrels towards Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba.

The center of Hurricane Matthew - the strongest to hit the Atlantic in a decade - was expected to pass about 50 miles (80 kilometers) east of the base.
It has a population of about 5,500, including 61 men held at the detention center for terrorism suspects.





The United States has evacuated 700 spouses and children of service members from the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay on military transport planes to Florida. Above, families settle into their seats aboard a Boeing C-17A Globemaster III aircraft





A projection of Hurricane Matthew's path and intensity shows it could hit the Florida coast on Friday morning before moving towards the Carolinas on Saturday


After passing Jamaica and Haiti, Matthew is projected to reach Cuba before potentially hitting the East Coast later this week.

Projected paths of the hurricane show that it could hit Miami on Friday morning with wind speeds of 110 mph before moving towards the Carolina on Saturday with wind speeds of 105 mph.



On Monday, vulnerable Haiti is braced for flash floods and violent winds from the extremely dangerous storm as it approached the hemisphere's poorest country.
The eye of the Category 4 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 kph), was expected to pass east of Jamaica and then over or close to the southwestern tip of Haiti late Monday or early Tuesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said.

It was predicted to hit the lightly populated eastern tip of Cuba on Tuesday afternoon.

Forecasters said as much as 40 inches (100 centimeters) of rain could fall on some isolated areas of Haiti, raising fears of deadly mudslides and floods in the heavily deforested country where many families live in flimsy houses with corrugated metal roofs.

'Some of us will die but I pray it won't be a lot,' said Serge Barionette, who lives in the southern town of Gressier, where a river recurrently bursts its banks during serious storms.





A hurricane warning was in effect for Haiti, Jamaica and parts of Cuba while a hurricane watch was in effect for the Cuban province of Camaguey, the central Bahamas and the Turks and Caico Islands





The eye of the Category 4 hurricane was expected to pass east of Jamaica and then over or close to the southwestern tip of Haiti late Monday or early Tuesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said





After passing Jamaica and Haiti, Matthew is projected to reach Cuba before potentially hitting the East Coast later this week





Hurricane Matthew is seen in an infrared image from NOAA's GOES-East satellite taken at 7.15am ET on October 3


A hurricane warning was in effect for Haiti, Jamaica and parts of Cuba.
Rain was already lashing parts of Jamaica and flooding streets and homes, but forecasters said the southern Haitian countryside around Jeremie and Les Cayes could see the worst of the rains and punishing winds.

'Wherever that center passes close to would see the worst winds and that's what's projected to happen for the western tip of Haiti,' said John Cangilosi, a hurricane specialist at the U.S. center.
'There is a big concern for rains there and also a big concern for storm surge.'

Matthew is one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes in recent history and briefly reached the top classification, Category 5, becoming the strongest hurricane in the region since Felix in 2007.


The hurricane center said the storm appeared to be on track to pass east of Florida through the Bahamas, but it was too soon to predict with certainty whether it would threaten any spot on the East Coast of the United States.

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. They also evacuated people from some outlying islands.
As of 8am EDT, the storm was centered about 280 miles (450 kilometers) southwest of Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince and 220 miles (355 kilometers) southeast of Kingston. It was moving north at 6 mph (9 kph).

A hurricane warning was also posted for the southeastern Bahamas.



A hurricane watch was in effect for the Cuban province of Camaguey, the central Bahamas and the Turks and Caico Islands,


A tropical storm warning was issued for parts of the Dominican Republic, where authorities began mandatory evacuations of areas at risk for flooding.

+ A tropical storm watch was in effect for other parts of the Dominican Republic.


The hurricane earlier had been projected to be closer to Jamaica, but still was a danger to the island of less than three million inhabitants.

'The center of the system is looking more likely that it will pass to the east of Jamaica but it won't miss it by that much, so they are still going to see impacts,' Cangilosi said.
'The impacts are maybe going to be a little lower there than they would be in Haiti and eastern Cuba.'
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