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Tropical Storm Laura formed Friday in the eastern Caribbean and forecasters said it poses a potential hurricane threat to Florida and the U.S. Gulf Coast. A second storm also may hit the U.S. after running into Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.
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What's left of Hurricane Matthew is wrecking havoc along the Canadian Maritimes, washing out roads and bridges, flooding neighborhoods and leaving thousands of families without power.
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Post-tropical cyclone Matthew headed out to sea on Sunday after pummeling North Carolina with heavy rains that resulted in record-breaking flooding. The death toll from the storm is still rising.
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Weakened to a Category 1 storm, Hurricane Matthew made landfall this morning southeast of McClellanville, South Carolina, bringing with it 75 mph winds and heavy rains.
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As Hurricane Matthew continues to crawl up the Florida coastline, attention is shifting to Georgia and South Carolina, where heavy rainfall and storm surge will cause major flooding in the low-lying coastal areas.
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As monster Hurricane Matthew pulls away from the Bahamas, it has set its course for West Palm Beach, Florida and what's likely to turn into a long and possibly dangerous weekend for folks on the country's lower east coast.
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Florida Governor Rick Scott made an impassioned plea to residents of the state to evacuate immediately, saying,"This storm will kill you." Hurricane Matthew is a very powerful Category 4 storm.
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While aid teams in Haiti struggle to reach victims of Hurricane Matthew's fury, Florida Governor Rick Scott has been repeatedly warning Floridians to "prepare for a direct hit" from the monster storm.
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After pounding Haiti all day Tuesday, Hurricane Matthew is laying waste to eastern Cuba as the monster storm continues on its northerly track toward the U.S. eastern coastline.
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Hurricane Matthew came ashore near Les Anglais in western Haiti at 7:00 a.m. on Tuesday morning, hitting the impoverished country with 145 mph winds and storm surges of up to 10 feet, killing one man in the beach town of Port Salut.
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The Atlantic's most powerful hurricane in almost a decade is poised to deliver a potentially devastating blow to the Caribbean tonight and Tuesday. U.S. authorities are now preparing for a possible landfall along the southeastern coast later in the week.
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Haiti, the Caribbean's poorest and most vulnerable country is bracing today for mega-hurricane Matthew. The eye of the Category 4 storm, with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph is expected to pass close to the southwestern tip of Haiti Monday night.
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Matthew is now a furious and dangerous hurricane packing 145 mph (230 kph) winds as it bears down on Haiti and Jamaica, a scenario that could very well be catastrophic to the two island countries.
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Category 4 Hurricane Matthew is finally moving away from the Colombian coast tonight, on a track that is carrying the powerful storm in a north-northwest direction across the warm waters of the Caribbean Sea.
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Jamaica and Haiti are bracing for a very powerful Hurricane Matthew this weekend as the storm is expected to clobber the island nations on Monday.
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Hurricane Matthew became a major storm earlier on Friday and quickly intensified through the day. Matthew is now a Category 5 storm and has become a threat to Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti and the Bahamas.
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Hurricane Matthew has intensified and is now classified as a Category 4 storm by the NHC as of 5:00 p.m. on Friday. A hurricane watch has now been issued for Jamaica.
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Hurricane Matthew strengthened into a Category 2 storm during the night, but while writing this report, the NHC advisory at 11:00 a.m. upgraded Matthew to a Category 3 storm.
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Matthew is now a Category 1 hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center's 2:00 p.m. advisory on Thursday. Matthew is the 13th named hurricane of the 2016 Atlantic Hurricane season.
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Tropical storm Matthew has formed in the southern Caribbean and is threatening to upgrade to a hurricane as it heads towards Honduras, Guatemala and Belize by tomorrow night (Friday).
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The possibility of a catastrophic loss of lives in Haiti from Hurricane Matthew is the big concern on everyone's minds right now. Rapadou/Twitter
Jamaicans poured into grocery stores today ahead of Hurricane Matthew's arrival on Monday. Public Broadcasting Service
Matthew is now a Category 3 hurricane. NHC
Powerful Category 5 Hurricane Matthew NOAA/NHC
This graphic map shows the temperature of the waters in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. The warm waters are conducive to the storm strengthening. NOAA/NHC
Roads and homes were running rivers of water today as people were taken to safety. Fernando ESTime
File photo: North Carolina Army National Guardsmen (NCNG) and local emergency services assist with the evacuation efforts in Fayetteville, N.C., on Friday, Oct. 08, 2016. Heavy rains caused by Hurricane Matthew led to flooding as high as five feet in some areas. Staff Sgt. Jonathan Shaw/ U.S. Army National Guard
2:00 p.m. advisory from the NHC NOAA/NHC
Hurricane damage in Les Cayes, Haiti. The town is almost totally destroyed. Margaret Traub/International Medical Corps
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