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Hurricane Matthew intensifies in Caribbean
Hurricane Matthew intensified to a Category 2 storm early Friday, and forecasters said it could become a major hurricane by Friday night, with its front arriving at Jamaica early Monday.
At 2 a.m. Friday, the National Hurricane Center said the storm had maximum sustained winds near 100 mph. It was centered about 125 miles north of Curacao and 565 miles east-southeast of Kingston, Jamaica, and was moving west at 14 mph.
Hurricane-force winds extended out for 45 miles, and tropical storm-force winds extended outward up to 185 miles, the NHC said.
According to The Associated Press, Matthew has caused at least one death when it entered the Caribbean on Wednesday, with officials in St. Vincent reporting a 16-year-old boy was crushed by a boulder as he tried to clear a blocked drain.
Matthew is forecast to turn to the north sometime Saturday and head toward Haiti, Cuba and Jamaica.
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