By David McFadden, The Associated Press, October 3, 2016
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Vulnerable Haiti braced for flash floods and violent winds from the extremely dangerous Hurricane Matthew as the powerful storm approached the hemisphere’s poorest country Monday.
The eye of the Category 4 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 215 kph, was expected to pass east of Jamaica and then over or close to the southwestern tip of Haiti late Monday or early Tuesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said. It was predicted to hit the lightly populated eastern tip of Cuba on Tuesday afternoon.
