Claiming at least three lives. Thanks for joining us on 8 news now good day, the valleys news leader. Im brian loftus. Michelle Mortensen and im Michell Mortensen in for kirsten. Jamaica has felt hurricane matthews outer bands all weekend, striking fear into residents. Kingston, the Nations Capital with almost 600 thousand people, has been evacuated turning it into a virtual ghost town. But matthews bullseye could be nearby haiti, winds around 140 mile per hour winds could flatten a landscape of flimsy homes. Matthew will then move north, linger for ten hours. Threehundred fifty thousand cubans have been evacuated. eric fisher as it approaches the eastern seaboard a track thats going to bring it right up along the florida coastline. Along the georgia, south carolian, North Carolina coastline. Michelle Mortensen the governors of North Carolina and florida have declared states of emergency. Its likely a hurricane watch will be issued for florida later today. sherry hows the hurricane. Wi
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And dont get me started. Oh. Nd a presented by toyota. Lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. A powerful and deadly hurricane is slamming haiti right now as the southeastern United States braces for a possible direct hit. Hurricane matthew is hammering caribbean islands with dangerous winds of up to 145 miles an inches of rain. Wow. The violent category 4 storm is headed for eastern cuba and the bahamas today. North carolina and florida have already declared states of emergency. Mark strawsman is in kings stop, jamaica, tracking the deadly threat. Mark, good morning. Reporter good morning. Jamaica dreaded jamaica for the days but the apparent bulls eye is haiti. Theyre warning it will be life uthwest hait torrential rains and more than 130 mile per hour winds slammed into haiti. Roads became rivers in the poorest nation in the western lu hemisphere. Across the island in Santo Domingo dominican, republic. The deluge dropped sheets of rain forcing cars to drive driu through floods.
By friday we warm a bit to the mid 80s as High Pressure builds over the area. Afternoon highs will rise to the upper 80s for friday and the weekend. krystal willoughby, aunt just to walk in there and see him like that is right now, a 5 year old boy is in the hospital after relatives say he was beaten by a family friend on sunday. Kendra mitchell says her son, marscel, suffered multiple internal injures and a fractured leg. After being beaten with multiple belts. Mitchell says her friend stepped in to take care of her son while she was ill. He finally opened his eyes, he tried to take everything off and he like tried to reach for me but he couldnt get up. Butted ever say anything that made you question deshaun . Nothing. Thankfully, marscel is expected to survive. As for the suspect. Mitchell says he has been taken into police custody. We are waiting to hear back from metro. Before releasing his name. Breaking right now. Firefighters are doing everything they can to contain a fire at a
Why this storm is so dangerous. Bryan. The other question is. Will matthew weaken it could make landfall in the carolinas . Tonight. Mostly clear. Lows 55 to 59 on the west side of the valley. 56 to 60 on the east side. South winds up to 10 mph shifting to the southwest after midnight. Wednesday. Sunny. Highs around 80 on the west side of the valley. 80 to 84 on the east side. Winds general. Wednesday night. Clear. Lows 55 to 59 on the west side of the valley. 56 to 60 on the. Thursday. Sunny. Highs around 80 on the west side of the valley. 79 to 83 on the east side. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Thursday night. Mostly clear. Lows 54 to 58 on the west side tuesday. Mostly clear. Highs 82 to 86. Your vote in the race for the white house. And tonight. The vicepresident ial candidates will take center stage for their first and only debate. Republican mike pence and democrat tim kaine are career politicians. Pence is the governor of indiaa congress. Kaine has been a mayor. A govenor and a sena