bahamas are battening down and boarding up in advance of matthew s arrival tomorrow. and for us the big question is how will matthew hit the united states? will it skirt the coast? or come barreling ashore? or head out to sea? action news reporter christie ileto is live in ocean city where folks are paying extra close attention. but first cecily tynan and adam joseph. let s start with cecily. and the latest shows it s a category four. weakened somewhat, down to 130 miles an hour. it s typical, interacting with the high terrain of cuba. if you look at the image, you can see how the eye wall kind of collapsed. now passed through cuba. the change in color is patiently visible satellite. that s not an indication of its strength. but this is the second land fall for hurricane matthew. it came ashore on the southwest coast of haiti this morning. 6:00 this morning as a category four hurricane. maximum sustained winds 145 miles an hour. second land fall, cuba, 8:00 tonight. the eas
action news, delaware valley s leading news program with jim gardner. this is the way it looks from space. this is hurricane matthew. and, yes, it is a killer storm. now responsible for the loss of at least nine lives. matthew has already left enormous destruction in the island of haiti. already the poorest country in the western hemisphere. said one hatian official, this is the worst hurricane i have seen in my life. it is tuesday night and the big story on action news tonight is the latest on hurricane matthew. after slamming haiti this morning with up to 40 inches of rain, the storm set its sights on the eastern tip of cuba, making land fall tonight with sustained winds of 140 miles an hour. the center of the hurricane was expected to pass about 50 miles northeast of the u.s. base at guantanamo bay. meanwhile, residents of the bahamas are battening down and boarding up in advance of matthew s arrival tomorrow. and for us the big question is how will matthew hit the unite
nashville, 34 degrees, 29 in columbus and there it is, heart of the arctic air mass, temperatures, sub zero, and parts of the central plains and we are going to get a little bit of the taste of that air mass that is starting to build in across the delaware valley, as we speak. storm scan three is showing us some cloud cover, a few flurries off to the west in lancaster county up in berks county as well but all together we will quiet down with sunshine breaking out as we head in the second half of the day. look for decreasing cloud but an increasing breeze, and with high temperatures struggling to make it to average today, 44 degrees on your lunch hour but we will need that winter coat because wind chills will be down into the zero s, meisha as we head into our afternoon and heading out on a thursday night wind chills falling back in the 20 s by second is half of the evening. yes. time to sit in front of the fireplace again, hot chocolate starts to roll in, it is really coz
wallets phones and electronics but four cars were also taken and eventually recovered. we do believe that the suspect knows the west chester borough very well. reporter: the crimes have rattled this community since a safety and many like lisa say they are increasing security at their homes. i m concerned that they re not going to be caught. we now sleep with all of our blinds closed. we just order the a security s it should arrive by 2:30 today. we re doing everything we can. you put 1 foot on our property after dark every light on the outside comes on. my husband has that arranged. reporter: and police say none of the homes targeted had their alarms activated. also we can tell you at this point there is no surveillance capturing that burglar or burglars. police of course urging everyone to be on high alert. they say if you see anything suspicious don t hesitate to contact authorities. live in west chester, gray hall, channel6 action news. rick. gray, thank you. w
15-degrees warmer, but still mild. no fog this morning, but clouds on the increase. our temperatures will be above average. starting out by 6:00 in the upper 40 s. 10:00 greenville will be in the lower 50 s. the wind will shift out of the south and west. that will be for all of us. temperatures are average despite the increasing clouds. the chance of rain is slim and mainly confined to the mountains. if you re lucky enough to get out on the water, temperatures in the lower 60 s. greenville from the middle 40 s into the lower 60 s by later in the afternoon. even warmer for sunday. mostly dry in asheville, topping out in the upper 50 s. cold and wet for the upcoming myra: today is the republican primary in south carolina. it is the first primary election in the southeast. this will be the third time of voters will go out for the presidential primary. polls open at 7:00. aly myles is live in greenville at one of the polling places. aly: good morning. we are outside of the eastla