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Florida Mandatory Evacuations: Matthew Expected to Be Huge

By Jeralyn, Section Huricanes Katrina and Rita
Posted on Wed Oct 05, 2016 at 10:47:03 PM EST
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Update: Big Tent Democrat is staying put in the Palm Beach area because his parents won't leave. Follow him on Twitter here -- good photos.

Palm Beach is under a mandatory evacuation order. Hurricane Matthew is expected to be a Category 4 storm before touching down in Florida Thursday night. Right now it's over the Bahamas. (Warning: Auto-play video, it's unavoidable everywhere.) Matthew may also loop back and hit Florida a second time, after heading to the Carolinas. Miami and Broward are in the direct path. Even central Florida (Orlando and Tampa) aren't safe.

The latest update (#32) from the National Hurricane Center: [More...]

Advisory Information
Valid at: 11:00 PM EDT Wed October 05, 2016
Location: 23.4 N, 76.4 W
Maximum Wind: 100 knots (115 mph)
Wind Gusts: 120 knots (140 mph)
Moving: Northwest at 9 knots (10 mph)
Minimum Pressure: 961 mb

USA Today has 64 riveting photographs of Matthew's devastation in Haiti, Cuba and the Dominican Republic.

Here's an interesting article comparing Matthew to other hurricanes.

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