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On Friday afternoon (EST), Hurricane Matthew hit parts of the northeast region on the coast of Florida, after killing hundreds of people in the Caribbean. Two people have died so far due to the storm.
A woman died due to the fall of a tree in Volusia County, when she left home to feed their animals; another woman, approximately 50 years old in St. Lucie County died after suffering a heart attack during the night - emergency workers had stopped operations because of high winds.
A woman died due to the fall of a tree in Volusia County, when she left home to feed their animals; another woman, approximately 50 years old in St. Lucie County died after suffering a heart attack during the night - emergency workers had stopped operations because of high winds.
The hurricane dropped to Category 3 early on Friday after it hit Haiti, where the death toll on Friday topped 800, according to Reuters. Despite the reduction in force, winds of up to 115 mph caused by Matthew downed trees and power lines and heavy rains caused flooding in the state of the coastline. More than 1 million homes are without electricity, according to the Public Service Commission of Florida through Twitter.
Abandoned cars were seen parked in the middle of residential streets, while branches of broken trees and trash cans were flying through the air.
On Friday afternoon, President Obama declared an emergency in North Carolina, and the 4th state after Florida, Georgia and South Carolina to receive the alert because of the storm.
Additional Source: BrazilianVoice
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