Strongest winds. Hurricane warnings are up for the bahamas they get very close to florida. Of course for haiti and cuba, the hurricane warnings are there because theyre experiencing Hurricane Force winds. But the hurricane watch has now been added to florida, if you look at Cape Canaveral, thats a hurricane watch, then we have a Tropical Storm watch a farther south, so these areas are bracing Hurricane Force winds and Tropical Storm force winds and we will be watching this very closely as we get closer to the weekend and closer to the end of the week, and of course florida is definitely preparing. And here in the United States, floridas governor says residents should prepare for a direct hit. In South Carolina, theyre prepared to evacuate more than a Million People from the coast. Lets check with glenn hurricane schwartz. Out certainly looks like an increased threat to florida and at least South Carolina, probably North Carolina as well. And as a matter of fact, its a threat of a possi
And we do say good morning on this tuesday and start with that weather situation in the caribbean. A catastrophic strike from Hurricane Matthew is imminent for haiti and parts of jamaica. You can see the storm on the radar swirling in the sea, packing winds of more than 140 miles per hour. Overnight in jamaica the outer bands hit kingston sending a wave crashing into the coast. Gas stations closed as polic rescue people and try to take them to higher ground. We have this video from haiti in the meantime, taken right before sunset. The sea is already rising even with the storm well offshore. Three people have already died in the caribbean because of the storm. People in cuba are also preparing for the worst by boarding up buildings and filling sandbags. The storm is then expected to head toward floridas east coast. Accuweathers Paul Williams is tracking it for us. What can you tell us . Good morning, kendis, diane. We take a look at the latest spaghetti models. Most indicate were pretty
The entire caribbean, there is where we are focusing on. Right near the island of espa . Ol especially in the haiti area. Cuba, just a little bit ways away is also going to be in line for more of that as we had through the afternoon. The eye of it is not as easy to find. You can see what its doing now. Because it is interacting with land you are hours earlier. It should be in guantanamo at about 8 00 tonight as a category four storm cuts to the bahamas. A very powerful storm. Eventually toward the florida coast. This is thursday morning. This is friday morning. Getting very close. After that it looks like its headed for the carolina coast and may reemerge and begin to impact our weather as we talk about the weekend. Here. A lot of disparity in the computer models. The possible solutions that are out there, all over the place. We will talk about what we can expect if it moves in here. Heather so far there is one confirmed death in haiti as that storm closed in and four deaths in the dom
Thats not stopping drivers. Now Police Departments are getting creative to catch drivers in the act. Captioning funded by cbs good morning from the cbs news news rude at studio 57, here in new york, good to be with you. Im annemarie green. The National Hurricane center says the threat to the soft southeast coast of the matthew has increased. The storm is surging through the Caribbean Sea expecting to pass over or near the island of haiti. Matthew is headed north with lifethreatening wind, rain and storm surge, matthew is a dangerous category 4 with winds of 145 miles per hour. Hurricane warnings are in effect for haiti, cuba and the bahamas. Haiti to get up to 40 inches of rain. Pounding flash floods, mudslides and storm surges are possible. Side step jamaica, but with Hurricane Force winds, jamaica took a hit. Schools have been closed indefinitely, some turned into shelters. This is matthew as seen from the National Space station. The governors of North Carolina and florida have decla
3 roads are dry but fog may be an issue this morning. 3 new this morning. A motorcyclist is seriously hurt after a hit and run on milwaukees south side. Side. It happened near west mitchell and muskego avenue around nine last night. Thats where we find cbs 58s the search for the driver responsible. Kyle . The intersection is back open, but police had it closed for several hours last night as they conducted their investigation. Police say a man in his 20s was riding his motorcylce when he went in the far right lane trying to get around cars and ignored the signal at the intersection, the motorcylist was in the intersection when police say the suv stopped briefly and then fled the scene. The victim was not wearing a helmet. He was transported to a hospital with serious injuries. Police are still searching for the suspect. If you have any information call police. Live in milwaukee. Kyle aevermann. Cbs58 news. 3 worst fears realized. Police now say. A fouryearold boy who died in milwaukee