Ο τυφώνας Μάθιου πλησιάζει απειλητικά την Καραϊβική--Hurricane Matthew Less Than 24 Hours From Catastrophic Haiti Strike; Hurricane Warnings in Jamaica, Cuba and Bahamas

Ο τυφώνας Μάθιου πλησιάζει απειλητικά την Καραϊβική

Δημοσιεύτηκε στις 3 Οκτ 2016

Ανησυχία επικρατεί στην Καραϊβική, καθώς ο τυφώνας Μάθιου πλησιάζει απειλητικά Τζαμάικα, Κούβα και Αϊτή.

Πρόκειται για ένα από τα πλέον ισχυρά φαινόμενα της τελευταίας δεκαετίας στην περιοχή, με ανέμους που φτάνουν τα 230 χιλιόμετρα την ώρα και κατακλυσμιαίες βροχοπτώσεις. 

Hurricane Matthew, the most powerful Atlantic tropical storm since 2007, was on a path to land a heavy punch on Jamaica, Cuba and Haiti, forecasters said.

"This is shaping up to be a devastating blow, especially to places like Haiti and Cuba," said Domenica Davis, a meteorologist for The Weather Channel.

Hurricane Matthew's projected track at 8 p.m. ET Sunday. Areas in red are under hurricane warnings. National Hurricane Center

At 5 a.m. ET on Monday, Matthew was a category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds near 130 mph, the National Hurricane Center said. It was 230 miles south-southeast of Kingston, Jamaica, which was already being swamped with torrents of rain, and it was moving north at about 6 mph.

The National Hurricane Center called Matthew "extremely dangerous," and conditions look favorable for it to maintain its strength, said Michael Lowry, a hurricane specialist for The Weather Channel.

"It's kind of a resilient hurricane — it hasn't really wavered much in terms of its strength," Lowry said Sunday night. "It's a little bit unusual to go 48 hours with a category 4 or 5 hurricane and not to see some sort of fluctuation."

The center of the storm was expected to approach southwestern Haiti and Jamaica on Monday. With it expected to remain a powerful storm into at least Tuesday, hurricane warnings were in effect for all of Jamaica and Haiti and for the Cuban provinces of Guantanamo, Santiago de Cuba, Holguin, Granma and Las Tunas.