Hurricane Mathew heads to Bahamas

Hurricane Matthew twisted toward the Bahamas and Florida's east coast yesterday after killing at least 26 people and damaging a majority of homes in Haiti's south. It also prompted the hard-hit country to postpone a long-awaited presidential elections. Hundreds of thousands of people had been evacuated from the path of Matthew, which caused severe flooding and killed four people in the Dominican Republic as well as at



least 22 in Haiti. 

The two countries share the island of Hispaniola. The US state of Florida is bracing for the storm's arrival late today. In Washington, President Barack Obama urged people to help hurricane victims in Haiti by donating to the USAID Center for International Disaster Information. Mr Obama warned that the coming days would be dangerous and urged Americans to heed official advice.