Hurricane Matthew: Obama declares state of emergency in Florida
  • 8 years ago
President Obama has declared a state of emergency in Florida and ordered federal aid to supplement state, tribal, and local response efforts to Hurricane Matthew. Matthew became a category 4 hurricane Thursday afternoon, carrying "extremely dangerous" winds of 140 miles per hour (220 kph), the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Some 108 people were killed in Haiti, local officials said, and thousands were displaced after the storm flattened homes.
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