the main bridge in haiti -- connecting the capital to the southern peninsula has collapsed....and dozens of home destroyed in cuba. so stephanie -- when could the storm make landfall in florida? and thunder. warm again with highs reaching into the low 70s. the chance for rain will continue overnight and into the first half of friday. itll be a bit cooler with highs in the middle 60s. this storm system will cool us into the 50s saturday but we clear out and see the sun for the weekend. there is the slight chance for a few rain showers monday night into early tuesday morning. today: periods of showers and t-storms. warm. wind: se 5-10 mph tonight: scattered showers. low: 59 dewpoint: 63 wind: s 5-10 mph friday: lingering showers then decreasing clouds. windy. high: 65 dewpoint: 47 wind: wnw 10-20 mph saturday: mostly sunny and cooler. am low: 42 high: 59 dewpoint: 37 wind: nw 5-10 mph sunday: mostly sunny. am low: 45 high: 63 dewpoint: 45 wind: sw 5-10 mph monday: mostly sunny with the chance for rain overnight. am low: 50 high: 68 dewpoint: 47 wind: sw 8-12 mph tuesday: partly sunny. am l

. >> hearing the bridge collapsed in a town in the southern peninsula and the key bridge. it cutoff a lot of traffic in the peninsula. they may have mentioned that is where matthew made right now we are having a difficult time getting information. and the local media is reporting there may have been people swept away on the bridge. we are trying to confirm some of that. again, this is a massive storm that went through the 80s and southernmost peninsula. right now we have been seeing and the conditions here in the capital here, the rain is tapering off. the devastation seems focused on the and the damage being assessed. cutting off access to the area. it will be sometime before the toll will be known, but now hurricane matthew going north wart and throughout the hour or next couple of days, we will bring you the latest as it comes in. the countdown continues up here and in the next hour, donald trump will be in arizona just 35 days before the election and how worried should they be that they are spending a day that hasn't gone blue since 1996. we will be back with more in f

agriculture" in southern haiti says-- at least 80 percent of crops have been lost across the southern peninsula. closer to home, in north carolina... families are still keeping a close eye on the river that flows through downtown greenville. the tar river is expected to crest some time today, following hurricane matthew. thousands of people have already been told to evacuate. police were called to monitor the evacuations.. and warning. good news coming from the site of the beulah hill fire in southern colorado. this morning it's 95 percent contained. now, crews are working to put out 16 interior hotspots. the fire has burned thousands of acres... and nearly two thousand people were told to pack up and leave as the fire quickly spread earlier this month. those people have since returned home. happening today... visitation for saint louis police officer blake snyder. officer snyder was killed in the line of duty last .. that suspect started shooting-- as soon as officers arrived to a call. officer snyder is the first officer with the saint louis police department to die in the line of duty-- in n

key bridge there washed out from the country's southern peninsula and roads and phone lines there have been cut off to the hardest way of knowing how many people might be dead or hurt. cuba seems to have been spared from matthew's worst. today the storm is expected to last the bahamas. meanwhile here in the uss -- u.s. people in georgia, florida and carolinas are lining up at gas station and taking cash out of the atm to get everything they need ahead of the storm. in south carolina all coastal communities are being ordered to evacuate today. that is about 1.1 million people. many of those not waiting fo highways as you see late last night to try to get out as soon as possible. let's get over to meteorologist jason brewer right now with the latest on the storm and new track overnight, jason. >> jason: this is very close to the u.s., daniel, and looks like new england right now out of the worst of matthew's potential but we are not totally out of the woods. and two land falls and still major hurricane. restrengthening likely as we get closer to florida. then i'm watching that cold front

the storm came ashore in an area of haiti's southern peninsula, north of port-au-prince. maya rodriguez talked with friends and colleagues of the group who live is matthew! >> reporter: the eye of the storm. a place that the most vulnerable and comofb risched nation in -- impov rishd nation in the americas finds itself in, with 145 mile per hour winds. >> they're not prepared for this wind. >> reporter: as a colorado haiti project in luciville, they work and wait for word on their friends and community of 30,000 people they work with, >> we have lost contact with a lot of our people. only this one program manager through facebook, he's been able to reach us >> reporter: and the situation he described is grim. >> he said there's lots of devastation to home, lots of trees are falling down. >> reporter: the nonprofit has been working in haiti for more >> the area is very rural. only a few concrete buildings that have a second story. in an 80-mile radius. >> reporter: it's a school they built, and many have sought refuge from the storm. what comes after may be just as dangero

the main bridge connecting the capital to the southern peninsula has collapsed. now images from the bahamas where matthew is threatening destruction there. >> reporter: yeah, it's about 60 miles from the capital after nassau. winds, about 125 sustained winds and matthew is expected to make a direct hit in nassau. we'll watch this closely this morning. >>> 444 a live look near loveland ski resort. a little snow coming down. you can hear the cheers from the skiers and snow borders. it's starting to happen. >> i'm glad it's up there and not down here. we do have some activity down here. >> we could see a rain snow mix across the plains. i'll show you where coming up. >> i know, she's smirking at >>> rain ow in denver but not far off. you get above 9,000 feet and you see a rain snow mix this morning and heffier snow, a good 3-6 inches possible likely above 10,000 feet through the northern and central mountains denver. the rain is light and a number of alerts to get through the winter weather advisory in effect today. tonight into early tomorrow morning, cover up the

and recovery efforts are not expected to begin until the waters recede and the hardest hit southern peninsula is inaccessible and cut off from communications. the united states will send aid to exuma after matthew moved through the eastern half of the island. the storm is expected to strengthen after hitting the in central florida coast, let's turn it to alyssa. >>> good morning, stefan. good morning to you at home as well. wind have picked up with the latest advisory having wind of 125 miles per hour moving west at 12 miles per hour and 60 miles southeast of nassau so this could make direct landfall and we'll watch it closely with to strengthen with the water very warm and conducive to seeing the storm strengthen and blossom into the next 12 to 24 hours. take a look at this, could be a category 4 hurricane by this afternoon at 2:00 and will go close to the coast of florida. i wouldn't be surprised to see it over port canaveral. the east coast has never seen a between west palm beach and jacksonville so certainly watching a storm surge as high as 9 feet on the coast expected and as much as 12

. >> reporter: this is gabe gutierrez in haiti's southern peninsula where matthew's wrath is all-consuming. homes are shredded, food is scarce. this man tells us he had to race up the side of a mountain to escape the rising flood waters. the u.n. estimates more than a million people like him are now in need of humanitarian aid after the category 4 hurricane ripped 145-mile-an-hour winds. this church before the storm. this aerial picture from digital globe taken right after. i lost everything, except my 6-month-old daughter, this woman says. haitian authorities confirm almost 500 people have been killed, but one tally by reuters puts the death toll at over a thousand. there's destruction as far as the eye can see. aid is slowly trickling into in country, but not fast enough for those in the most devastated one of the largest aid organizations now on the ground in hard hit jeremie. >> it's going to be a long road. >> reporter: nbc's dr. john torres visited a clinic where the spread of cholera is now the biggest fear. >> there's been 279 cases in the whole country, with ten deaths. >> reporte

the hardest hit southern peninsula remains unaccessible and cut off from communication. this is storm video from cuba. strongest in over a decade. people are covering their windows with steal and moving plants inside. the storm is expect today be a category five as it approaches on friday. >>> today jeff patterson flew with the experts above the powerful storm. >> this gulf stream nicknamed gonzo. the crew is dedicated to predicting the path of hurricane and they let me sit on board today. it's a job this entire team this -- team makes a gentleman may da a, around cubbish jamaica and around cuba and back. >> we collect temperature, humidity, wind speed and pressure. >> the information gathered here will help predict the path of matthew and improve >> we hope we get the right data to the right people to get the right information. >> reporter: as we cruised at 40 to 45,000 feet above the storm they allowed me to drop one of the drop signs. it's a cone the noah hurricane hunters no that drop is critical. >> the flip side is making sure the right people leave and the people

the hardest hit area is the rural southern peninsulas. they tried to evacuate some but many refused to leave. >> you have nothing. it is chaos because unfortunately, haiti we are not prepared for these kinds of catastrophes we do get this quite often but because of the infrastructure, money, we're not able to prepare. >> the us is providing $400,000 in initial relief assistance and a disaster response team has been deployed. >>> governor rick scott is taking action on hurricane matthew here key has declared a state of emergency and plans to act of a of 100s of national guard street today with hundreds and thousands on standby. the governor is urging action now. >> this is a deadly storm approaching our coast. i cannot stress that enough. don't focus on the path, focus on the fact that with the minor deviation it could have a direct impact on the state. >> the governor will brief us later on the storm preparation. that is scheduled to happen to 8:45. we will carry that live. >>> hacked stores to buy hurricane supplies. >> all i was able to

and southern peninsula directly is scary. >> reporter: the hospital in haiti serves 70,000 haitians. they have 275 workers serving there. and the bridge has been wiped out. >> they'll load damage on the way to the hospital. vast -- >> he knows the need will be great in haiti which is why he's studying at the college of art and design in massachusetts. his dream is to be a architect and then return to haiti. >> to properly build buildings, so we're not >> he plans to return to haiti in the near future family and witness the damage. >> the primary concerns are food, shelter, safety. >> we'll have continuing coverage as we track hurricane matthew. join us at 8:00 on my tv 38. and tonight on use use at 11:00. >>> crews have recovered the body of a man whose canoe he took the owner's canoe into the pond. dave teams >>> a deadly shooting at a home in lawrence. police were called to the home mid-afternoon after somebody reported the shooting. a man in his 30s was found. he later died at the hospital. no word what led to the shooting. >>> new pictures and new video after the moments that --

southern peninsula and roads and phones cut off to the hardest hit area. authorities say because of all way of knowing how many people might be dead or hurt. meanwhile here in the united states a million people are expected to evacuate in south carolina ahead of the storm. long lines are expected at grocery stores, gas stations and atm's in the south as people try to get everything they need before matthew arrives. >>> gene: dream vacation turning into a massive headache because of the storm. passengers aboard the pride cruise ship were supposed to and because of the hurricane they were going to new york city and canada instead and when the ship docked in manhattan they were towed the plans change the again and just staying in new york. many of the passengers are expressing frustration. >> we want to go home. nothing they could do to make the cruise better. >> gene: carnival cruise says actions were necessary to keep the ship out of harm's way and they are doing their best to keep offic enjoyable experience and ship will likely leave new york for maryland

for haiti itself the southern peninsula they are going to take the brunt from monday, monday night, by tuesday, all to the north affecting portions of cuba and then later on tuesday night bahamas, but parallel, southeast part of florida out of that cone of uncertainty. that track shifted a little bit further east for us. hurricane warning for most of haiti where up to 40 inches of rain will be possible as we head through the next couple of days. you follow rest of the spaghetti plots, heading somewhere in bahamas, pretty warm waters there, and most of the models do take it out off the southeast coastline, certainly better to watch. we'll tawl talk talk abouts going on now and our seven-day forecast later, lloyd. >> thank you mike. >>> people are preparing for what matthew can bring. stock up on batteries and food homeowners are advised to get tarps for their homes. >> if during the storm your roof shingles get blown off, water damage is horrendous. if you put a tarp down to keep some of the water out, you're doing good. >> secure outdoor furniture even though we don't know what effects

. >> reporter: throughout haiti's southern peninsula, 80% of the homes have been damaged or destroyed. towns have yet to even be reached. anna konotchick works in haiti for the red cross. >> we expect them to have severe damage and that the major needs there will be shelter, clean water, sanitation, and other major health concerns. >> reporter: there is some good news. u.s. marines and other service members are on the ground. hundred more should arrive soon, along with a relief-filled ship called the u.s.s. "mesa for help. >> reporter: relief is a relative term. even more than hurricane matthew, haiti had more than 40,000 people in shelters, many of those there since the earthquake that hit port-au-prince in 2010. it's estimated this storm could double that number or even worse, reena. >> ninan: cholera has been such a huge problem since the earthquake. do we think it will get significantly worse with this hurricane? >> reporter: absolutely. it already has. it's an extremely deadly pathogen that thrives in water. >> ninan: and how does the contingent death toll from this hurricane com

and for a category 4 to hit is southern peninsula is very scary. >> reporter: the hospital in haiti serves 70,000 haitians. they have 275 workers serving there and the road leading to the hospital has been washed out. >> the need in i what people provide from the outside saves lives. and we'll need it more than ever. >> reporter: a pastor receives a facebook message. >> the community looks like total destruction, walls, roofs, have been destroyed. >> reporter: and all he can do is pray for the haitian people. >> it seems to be getting a lot to haiti in the near future to see his family and witness the damage firsthand, his dream is to study architecture and go back and rebuild. >> download the cbs boston weather app. our website is www.cbsboston.com. >>> we have sad breaking news. rescuers have just recovered the body of a man in >> they began searching for him after a canoe overturned on the pond. >> i can tell you dive teams were in the water for nearly three hours searching this afternoon. right around 4:00 this afternoon is when they tell us they found that man 40 to 50 feet offshore.

a key bridge has been washed out from the southern peninsula. roads and phones cut off to the hardest-hit areas. because of these factors no way of knowing who may be dead or hurt. meanwhile here in the united states, a million people expected to evacuate in south carolina ahead of the storm. long lines are expected at grocery stores, gas stations, atms in the south as people try get everything they need quickly turning into a nightmare. passengers on board the carnival pride cruise ship were supposed to leave for the bahamas on monday but because of hurricane matthew, the ship would instead be going to new york city and canada. when the ship docked in manhattan, passengers were told that the plans would change again and they would be staying in new york. many passengers are expressing their frustrations. >> we just want to go home at this point. there is nothing they could do to make this cruise -- if you better. >> carnival cruise line say thee actions were necessary to keep the ship out of harm's way and they are doing their best to give cust

in the meantime, hardest hit southern peninsula is inaccessible and cut off from communications. >>> and the united states will send aid to cuba after matthew moved through the eastern half of the island. the storm is expected to strengthen after hitting the bahama and moving florida. we're keeping a close eye on the coast. >> yeah, we are and you're expecting an update fairly soon. >> yes, fairly soon. it typically comes in any minute now so we'll talk about the information we have now and make sure we have the updated information shortly. let's take another look at this satellite image, very distinct eye on the storm. it's heading straight for nassau in the bahamas, very popular destination spot, so hour and gusts as strong as 140 miles per hour so the latest track and how this could potentially impact north carolina -- we'll fast forward with the latest track on how choice is to our coastline. the good news is it continues to shift south and east around charleston, south carolin . it's out to sea there, category 2 hurricane and bears south and east. sunday at 8:00 p.m., weakening

hardest hit, haiti's rural southern peninsula, where there are early reports of devastat i region where many people live in shacks of wood. but villages and communications are cut off after a key bridge washed away. around port-au-prince, raging rivers and the threat of mudslides. authorities tried to evacuate people from the most vulnerable areas but many refused to leave. now as it churns north, it's roughly the size of arizona. it's been a category 4 storm for 20 days. the last to make cleo in 1964. tonight the most impoverished country in the hemisphere is reeling from yet another natural disaster. i've never seen this much rain, this woman told us. and matthew's path is far from over. the haitian government is asking the u.s. military for help in the relief effort. the damage is still being assessed in the southwestern part of the country. the full toll of hurricane matthew, not yet known. lester? >> gabe gutierrez, thank you. let's get to dryer, what's it looking like? >> this storm has been maintaining intensity for so long now. still with winds up to 140 miles per hour. making i

in recorded history have they had a hurricane hit them this hybrid these as video from the southern peninsula of 80 if you days everywhere you want you can't take too many steps because there's trees down. an aid worker captures the devastation. the nonprofit built the school and the countries rural region almost 30 years ago. when you look inside any world everything is just kind of thrown all over the place. now it's reduced to rubble. now they have no books and everything in the classrooms is gone.

the role southern peninsula was hit hardest. many people live in shacks. at least 10,000 people are now in shelters. a haitian who now lives in the states was visiting her family when matthew struck. chaos because unfortunately, haiti we're not -- prepared for this type of catastrophe . we do these -- do get these quite often but because of the infrastructure, money and all of that we are not able. >> the us is providing $400,000 in initial relief assistance and a disaster response team has already been deployed. >>> governor rick scott is taking action on hurricane matt state of emergency and plans to activate hundreds of national guard troops today with thousands more on standby. the governor is urging floridians to pay attention and act now. >> this is a deadly storm approaching our coast. i cannot stress that enough. don't focus on the storm path. focus on the fact that with the minor deviation it can have a direct impact on our state. >> governor scott will brief us that is scheduled to happen and around 8:45 this morning. we will carry that live righ

right across the northern keys in the southern peninsula florida. that is the result of a surface trough and a persistent northeasterly wind. range of temperatures there. this game in tampa tomorrow, friday night playing the guys from navy. 7:00 p.m., 79 degrees at kickoff. very comfortable weather overall. we won't see much an array of changes. this front -- we will see clouds and met -- mix with sunshine. best rain chances they would be for southern areas. high pressure continues in the flow is stronger across the north -- or rather the southern part of the state. the winds from the northeast to help with the humidity. saturday a mix of clouds and sun with the temperatures about the same. friday, saturday and sunday rain chances are low. less than 10%. you would like, but it holds down the temperature a tad. 86 degrees in we're forecasting the same range through the weekend and into next weekend -- next week. that pumpkin means halloween. >> trick-or-treat. >> alexa, more candy! >> we could do something with that. >> the gold. >>> the lightning co

hardest hit, haiti's rural southern peninsula, where there are early reports of devastation, in a region where many people live in shacks of wood. washed away. around port-au-prince, raging rivers and the threat of mudslides. haitian authorities had tried to evacuate people from the most vulnerable areas, but many refused to leave. now as it churns north, it's roughly the size of arizona. it's been a category 4 hurricane for three days. only 20 storms on record have lasted that long. the last to make landfall in haiti was cleo in 1964. tonight the most impoverished country in the hemisphere is reeling from yet another natural i've never seen this much rain, this woman told us. and matthew's path is far from over. the haitian government is asking the u.s. military for help in the relief effort. the damage is still being assessed in the southwestern part of the country. the full toll of hurricane matthew, not yet known. lester? >> gabe gutierrez, thank you. let's get to dylan dryer, what's it looking like? >> this storm has been maintaining intensity for so long now. still with winds up to

it is estimated between 80% and 100% of crops were lost on the southern peninsula. the official death toll is less than 500 people but others estimate -- other estimates put it much higher. >>> to another storm we're tracking, hurricane nicole as it spins and closing in on bermuda. maximum sustained wirnds are about 75 nicole is expected to gain strength. >>> west chicago and two buildings completely destroyed in an explosion. a gas leak was being repaired in the village of romeoville where it caused a fire. two utility workers were injured. one of them critically. no one was inside the destroyed buildings when the explosion took place. several nearby residents were evacuated. >>> the fbi investigating whether a deadly plane crash in one person was killed and when the small plane went down on main street in east hartford it narrowly missed a minivan before erupting in flames and "the new york times" reports the lone survivor, the pilot told investigators it was not an accident. the plane just missed frank crandall's car. >> i slammed on the brakes. he hit a pole jus

in recorded history have they had a hurricane hit them this hybrid these as video from the southern peninsula of 80 if you days everywhere you want you can't take too many steps because there's trees down. an aid worker captures the devastation. the nonprofit built the school and the countries rural region almost 30 years ago. when you look inside any world everything is just kind of thrown all over the place. now it's reduced to rubble. now they have no books and everything in the classrooms is gone. the projects program director who lives in haiti can't get to the hardest hit areas yet because the main road is simply gone. but step back in colorado have a pretty good idea what they're in for buried in a community like where we are, i would say probably over 50 percent of the houses are gone and the rest are fairly damaged and all the content are gone. teresa henry helps coordinate help from colorado to pd she worries that they can't rebuild fast enough, the country will start. all the crops have been lost, they have nothing for livelihood. not the nonprofit is hoping the day can help. the s

the main bridge connecting the capital to the southern peninsula has collapsed. families fighting to cross this raging river and this river you see here almost swept away by all after that water. much more on this situation in matthew in just a mom as we come up on 6:02 on this thursday, we want to get you up to speed. >> chris: things starting to look busier on the roads. there's the leverett connector and zakim bridge this morning. let's go to the maps. we're not watching any major accidents out there. route 1, 93, you're in good shape. braintree to boston northbound on the expressway, starting to see that stop-and-go traffic, and it's about 23 minutes right there. and then south of town in brockton, we're watching a crash southbound on route 24 and exit things down northbound, too, so heading up to 128 through brockton, that's where things are really slow this morning. problem-free heading in and out of town on the pike. routes 2 and 3 no issues this morning. let's take a look at those drive times if you're getting ready to head out the door. 23 minutes braint

the hardest hit area, in the southern peninsula, was hit catastrophically. in terms of port-au-prince, port-au-prince is resuming natural actively. there's been two days of sunshine. the waters are receding, but the worst hit, catastrophically for the country on an economic, ecological, humanitarian scale is the southern region, can which comprises haiti. >> brangham: and going forward today, tomorrow, early next week, what are the biggest challenges facing rescuers and aid agencies? >> the biggest challenge ises are getting to the area. i spoke to the world food program yesterday, and they said that as of now, they still don't know how to get supplies to the area, although they did have some prepositioned beforehand. but, of course, not enough for the hundreds of thousands of people that are stranded that were victims of the hurricane. the people are needing water, are needing food, are needing medical supplies, are needing shelters. from early reports that came in yesterday, the whole area was flattened completely. >> brangham: i understand that tomorrow i