{"id":256275,"date":"2016-10-09T09:32:04","date_gmt":"2016-10-09T09:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=256275"},"modified":"2016-10-09T09:32:04","modified_gmt":"2016-10-09T09:32:04","slug":"hurricane-matthew-kills-10-in-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/hurricane-matthew-kills-10-in-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Matthew kills 10 in US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Hurricane Matthew has killed at least 10 people in the US as it is moving along the country&#8217;s south-east coast.<\/p>\n<p>Three people died in North Carolina, said Governor Pat McCrory, who called Matthew &#8220;a very, very serious&#8221; storm.<\/p>\n<p>In Georgia, three people died, including a wheelchair user after two trees fell on his home. Four people were earlier killed in Florida.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/6093\/production\/_91632742_steps.jpg\" alt=\"A resident stops short of a flooded pavement as he stands at the edge of steps in Charleston, 8 October 2016\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Matthew has been the most powerful storm to make US landfall in more than a decade.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes, and more than a million left without power.<\/p>\n<p>The storm also brought heavy flooding to the historic city of Charleston, South Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew has already caused nearly 900 deaths in Haiti and four in the Dominican Republic as it travelled northwards over the past few days.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/1470B\/production\/_91632738_cars.jpg\" alt=\"Partially submerged cars drift off the curb on East Battery Street as storm surge and rain water from Hurricane Matthew flood the southern-most tip of the city of Charleston, South Carolina October 8, 2016.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) has downgraded Matthew to a Category One hurricane, with maximum sustained winds having decreased to 75mph (120km\/h).<\/p>\n<p>South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley warned people to stay in shelters and not to try to go back home over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Between downed power lines and trees, and then just unsafe structures &#8211; bridges, all of those things.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said emergency responders have carried out multiple water rescues from cars and homes.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/81EE\/production\/_91626233_hurricane_matthew_07_10_16_624map_v11.png\" alt=\"Map shows Hurricane Matthew's path from the Bahamas heading towards Florida and other US eastern states\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The NHC said: &#8220;The combination of a dangerous storm surge, the tide, and large and destructive waves will cause normally dry areas near the coast to be flooded by rising waters moving inland from the shoreline.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/1420B\/production\/_91634428_highwinds.jpg\" alt=\"A van squeezes past a partially fallen tree on Meeting Street as Hurricane Matthew hits Charleston, South Carolina\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nearly 1.6m homes and businesses in the south-east of the US were left without power.<\/p>\n<p>Hurricane Matthew first made landfall in in the US in South Carolina but its edges had previously battered the coasts of Florida and Georgia.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/1273\/production\/_91632740_break.jpg\" alt=\"Storm surge and waves break over the sea wall onto a flooded section of East Battery Street at the southern-most tip of the city as Hurricane Matthew arrives in Charleston, South Carolina late October 7, 2016.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), which is the UN&#8217;s weather agency, had warned that the hurricane would remain dangerous regardless of whether or not it made landfall in the US.<\/p>\n<p>Parts of the city of Savannah, Georgia have been submerged in several feet (one foot = 30cm) of water.<\/p>\n<p>Hurricane Matthew <a class=\"story-body__link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-latin-america-37596222\">left up to 90% of some parts of Haiti destroyed<\/a>, officials say.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hurricane Matthew has killed at least 10 people in the US as it is moving along the country&#8217;s south-east coast. 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