Environment
Hurricane Matthew Takes Aim at the Southeast U.S.
Its impacts could be vastly different whether it moves just a bit to the east or west.
Hurricane Matthew smashed into Haiti on Tuesday as the country’s most powerful storm in more than 5 decades, sowing still-unknown carnage in the “largest humanitarian event” since the 2010 earthquake.
On Tuesday night, the tempest bulldozed into Cuba in its second landfall at Category 4 strength. From there Matthew will turn toward the Bahamas and the U.S., where it’ll make things interesting for Southeast residents Thursday and Friday. A hurricane watch for southern Florida warns of “high” peril to life and property, with a “reasonable threat for hurricane force wind of 74 to 110 mph,” a potential for roof and tree damage, and an atmosphere “somewhat favorable for tornadoes.”