The United States is now bracing for Hurricane Matthew and this spurred a State of Emergency declaration in three US states Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina.
The fiercest Caribbean storm in almost a decade has made landfall in Cuba after passing through Haiti and the Dominican Republic, leaving at least seven people feared dead.
South Carolina governor Nikki Haley also announced that she would issue an evacuation order so that 1 million people would have time to leave coastal areas, and Florida Governor Rick Scott activated the state national guard on Tuesday afternoon. In a press conference , Scott said the state should “prepare for a direct hit”.