DEADLY HURRICANE HEADS FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
Hurricane Matthew, the fiercest Caribbean storm in nearly a decade, barreled toward the southeastern United States on Thursday after killing at least 69 people, mostly in Haiti, on its deadly northward march.As Matthew blew through the northwestern Bahamas on Thursday, it was predicted to strengthen from a Category 3 to 4 storm en route to Florida's Atlantic coast, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The storm could either take direct aim at Florida or brush along the state's coast on Thursday night.Some 65 people were killed in Haiti and thousands were displaced after the storm smashed homes and inundated neighborhoods earlier in the week.