Matthew is one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes in recent history

By Friday 8 AM, Matthew is forecast to be a category two hurricane somewhere off the Florida Georgia coast said CBS2’s Lonnie Quinn,


Matthew is one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes in recent history and briefly reached the top classification, Category 5, becoming the strongest hurricane in the region since Felix in 2007. The hurricane center said the storm appeared to be on track to pass east of Florida through the Bahamas, but it was too soon to predict with certainty whether it would reach the U.S. coast.




The powerful Category 4 hurricane had winds of 145 mph at late afternoon and the center was expected to pass across or very close to the southwestern tip of Haiti late Monday before reaching Cuba on Tuesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said.