Multiple cruise lines have rerouted some trips to get out of Matthew’s path. The boy died after storms from Matthew passed over the island. Vincent and the Grenadines, a teenage boy died in a landslide as he was cleaning a drain behind his house, according to Michelle Forbes, deputy director for the National Emergency Management Office. The first Haitian victim is a fisherman from Saint Jean de Sud whose body was found Sunday according to the Haiti Civil Protection Agency. Hours before the storm was due to arrive late Monday, a victim was reported in Haiti. In Jamaica, some roads in Kingston reported early flooding. In Haiti, flooding was already reported in Les Cayes, a coastal city of 70,000 people. A foot of water is already on some of the roads in Jamaica, flooding the streets and creating damage. Hurricane Matthew is moving slowly at just 7 mph, making it worst because it is lingering and will bring more rain and flooding. Tropical storm conditions will remain in portions of Jamaica and along the southern coast of the Dominican Republic within the warning area tonight but the storm appears to have spared Jamaica its wrath.ģ: Matthew Is Slow Meaning It Will Bring Much More Rain And Flooding. Hurricane conditions are possible in the northwestern Bahamas on Thursday, with tropical storm conditions possible on Wednesday and in Cuba and the Turks and Caicos Islands by Tuesday night with tropical storm conditions possible on Tuesday. Life threatening flash floods and mudslides are likely from this rainfall are also likely in the southwestern Dominican Republic and eastern Cuba. It is set to move near eastern Cuba late Tuesday, and move near or over portions of the southeastern and central Bahamas Tuesday night and Wednesday. At least 133 deaths are attributed to Felix. Hurricane Felix was the southernmost land-falling Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic surpassing Hurricane Edith of 1971. Hurricane Matthew is the strongest storm to threaten the Caribbean since Hurricane Felix in 2007. 2: Matthew is the strongest Atlantic hurricane in almost a decade.
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