The forecast cone for Hurricane Matthew has shifted farther west into Florida on Tuesday afternoon. The National Hurricane Center has issued a hurricane watch from Golden Beach to the Volusia/Brevard County line as Hurricane Matthew headed toward Florida. A hurricane watch means that hurricane conditions are possible within the watch area. A
tropical storm watch also is in effect from the Seven Mile Bridge in the Florida Keys northward to south of Deerfield Beach, including Lake Okeechobee. As of 8 p.m., Hurricane Matthew was 55 miles east-northeast of Guantanamo, Cuba and 15 miles southwest of the Eastern tip of Cuba. The storm was heading north at 9 mph with maximum sustained winds at 140 mph, keeping it as a Category 4 hurricane. READ MORE
