Florida woman becomes first US victim as hurricane blocks rescue

Oct 7, 2016 10:47 PM PHT

Agence France-Presse

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Florida woman becomes first US victim as hurricane blocks rescue

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A woman in her late 50s suffers a medical emergency in her home in central Florida's St. Lucie County, but high winds prevent fire officials from reaching her

MIAMI, USA – The United States marked its first known fatality from Hurricane Matthew as the Category 3 storm lashing the Florida coast claimed the life of a resident there, fire officials said Friday, October 7.

A woman in her late 50s suffered a medical emergency in her home in central Florida’s St. Lucie County, but high winds prevented fire officials from reaching her, a fire spokeswoman told AFP.

“We were unable to respond safely and unfortunately she died,” said St. Lucie County Fire District spokeswoman Catherine Chaney.

The powerful storm surged through the Caribbean earlier this week, at times as a powerful Category 5 storm, killing at least 400 people in Haiti and 4 in the Dominican Republic. – Rappler.com