Hurricane Matthew hits Haiti

[brooklynite]

Source: CNN

Breaking news alert, posted at 8:03 a.m. ET Tuesday

The eye of Hurricane Matthew made landfall near Les Anglais, Haiti, Tuesday morning, according to the National Hurricane Center. Matthew continues to be a very dangerous Category 4 hurricane with winds of 145 mph. A second landfall is possible later Tuesday as the storm approaches the eastern tip of Cuba.



Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/04/americas/hurricane-matthew/index.html?adkey=bn

[Danmel]

1. My heart aches for the Haitian people

They have so little to lose and have suffered so much.

[Baclava]

2. Heads up FL and the southeast!

[Mamajami]

3. Mine too. I am feeling really sad with tears just thinking about what these poor people face.

Our missionaries went there just last week. I hope they get home safely.

[MowCowWhoHow III]

4. Hurricane Matthew: at least six feared dead in Haiti as violent storm hits

Hurricane Matthew: at least six feared dead in Haiti as violent storm hits

At least six people are feared dead and several houses, churches and schools damaged after Hurricane Matthew, the fiercest Caribbean storm in almost a decade, ripped into Haiti and the Dominican Republic early on Tuesday.

The category 4 storm made landfall near Les Anglais on the western tip of Haiti at 7am EDT (11am GMT), the US hurricane centre said, bringing 145 mph winds and storm surges that pounded coastal villages.

One man died when a wave crashed through his home in the beach town of Port Salut, Haiti’s civil protection service said. He had been too sick to leave for a shelter, according to officials. A fisherman was also missing, they said.

“It’s much too early to know how bad things are but we do know there are a lot of houses that have been destroyed or damaged in the south,” Marie Alta Jean-Baptiste, the director of the country’s civil protection agency, told the Associated Press.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/04/hurricane-matthew-haitians-flee-inland-as-violent-storm-approaches

[Old Vet]

5. If this hurricane hits landfall in florida its gonna be REAL bad............

We wont be talking about politics for a few days and the town hall might even be cancelled. I was in New Orleans a day after katrina and during Rita, Cant imagine all the news will be focused on politics for awhile. A Cat 3 bullseye on Miami would be complete devastation on many residents, Lets hope this mean son of a bitch storm veers eastward quick.