Hurricane Matthew pounds portions of central Bahamas: US monitor

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People bike on the beach ahead of hurricane Matthew in Atlantic Beach, Florida, on October 5, 2016. The United States began evacuating coastal areas as Hurricane Matthew churned toward the Bahamas, after killing at least nine people in the Caribbean in a maelstrom of wind, mud and water. / AFP PHOTO / Jewel SAMAD
People bike on the beach ahead of hurricane Matthew in Atlantic Beach, Florida, on October 5, 2016.
The United States began evacuating coastal areas as Hurricane Matthew churned toward the Bahamas, after killing at least nine people in the Caribbean in a maelstrom of wind, mud and water. / AFP PHOTO / 

MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Deadly Hurricane Matthew was roaring through the central Bahamas early Thursday after leaving a trail of destruction in Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Cuba, a US-based monitor reported.

“Matthew (is) pounding portions of the central Bahamas,” the latest bulletin from the National Hurricane Center said, adding the storm was expected to intensify as it approaches the US state of Florida.

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