Hurricane Matthew has killed at least 39 people, the death toll in struggling Haiti alone rising to 35, local officials said, as the storm headed northward on Thursday battering the Bahamas en route to Florida. Haitis civil protection service put the toll in the impoverished Caribbean nation at 23 dead, many killed by falling trees, flying debris and swollen rivers. Matthew is the strongest hurricane in the Caribbean since Felix struck in 2007. Millions flee as Southeast U.S. braces for Hurricane MatthewThe fiercest Caribbean storm in nearly a decade slammed into the Bahamas early on Thursday, intensifying as it barreled towards the southeast U.S. coast where millions of residents heeded warnings to flee inland. The four states in the path of the hurricane, tracked 255 miles (410 km) southeast of West Palm Beach, declared states of emergency enabling their governors to mobilise the National Guard.

Source: dna October 06, 2016 12:11 UTC