Hurricane Matthew, weakened but still a formidable storm, continued to pound the northern Florida coastline on Friday afternoon, renewing fears of life-threatening flooding in Jacksonville and other low-lying, heavily populated cities further north, including Savannah, Georgia, and Charleston, South Carolina. NHC senior hurricane specialist Lixion Avila said that Matthew, which killed hundreds in Haiti during its earlier march through the Caribbean, still had more misery to spread. The Democratic presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton, issued a statement urging residents to stay safe during and after the storm. “My thoughts and prayers are with everyone in the path of Hurricane Matthew, and my heart is broken for the victims and their families in Haiti, Cuba, the Caribbean and Florida,” she said. In times of disaster we pull together.”The Republican nominee, Donald Trump, tweeted: “Thoughts & prayers with the millions of people in the path of Hurricane Matthew.

Source: The Guardian October 07, 2016 22:52 UTC