More than two million people in the US have been urged to evacuate their homes as Hurricane Matthew strengthens potentially causing ‘loss of life’ on the East Coast.Thousands of families have been caught in gridlock in Florida, the Carolinas and Georgia after fleeing their homes ahead of the storm – which is expected to strike Miami early on Friday morning with winds of up to 145mph.The powerful category-three hurricane, the fiercest Caribbean storm in nearly a decade, has already killed at least 22 people in Haiti and four in the Dominican Republic on Tuesday. Matthew is expected to intensify into a ‘catastrophic’ category-four again as it approaches Florida. At its height, the hurricane was a Category 5 with wind speeds of more than 157 mph.The National Weather Service has advised that ‘loss of life’ and ‘immense human suffering’ is possible for those who don’t take precautions.President Barack Obama warned: ‘I want to emphasise to the public – this is a serious storm. If there is an evacuation order in your community, you need to take it seriously.”Just remember that you can always rebuild,’ he added. ‘You can always repair property. You cannot restore a life if it is lost and we want to make sure that we minimize any possible loss of life or risk to people in these areas.

Source: Millions evacuate East Coast before Hurricane Matthew makes landfall in US | Daily Mail Online