Monster hurricane forces mass evacuation in US

Local residents take shelter at the Pedro Menendez High School in St. Augustine, Fla., Thursday, ahead of Hurricane Matthew. The inset photo shows a satellite image depicting the monstrous hurricane in the Caribbean. Some three million people on the U.S. southeast coast faced an urgent evacuation order as Matthew — now blamed for more than 300 deaths in Haiti alone — bore down for a direct hit on Florida. / AFP-Yonhap