AP on the Scene: 'Matthew' Hits the Bahamas

(6 Oct 2016) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4059190 VOICEOVER: "WE'RE COMING TO YOU FROM THE 17TH FLOOR OF THE ATLANTIS RESORT ON PARADISE ISLAND. BEHIND ME IF YOU CAN MAKE IT OUT, IS DOWNTOWN NASSAU. THE VISIBILITY HAS DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY AS THE EYE-WALL OF HURRICANE MATTHEW HAS COME EVEN WITH NASSAU BAHAMAS. WE'RE EXPERIENCING HEAVY GUSTS OF WINDS, AS YOU CAN SEE, MY HOTEL CURTAIN FLYING EVERYWHERE. SO FAR, RIGHT NOW HURRICANE MATTHEW'S EYEWALL IS PASSING BY NASSAU AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO NOTICE IS A PRESSURE CHANGE, PRETTY SIGNIFICANT. MY EARS HAVE BEEN POPPING OVER THE LAST 90 MINUTES, BUT IT HAS BEEN A DETEORATING SITUATION SINCE ABOUT 3AM THIS MORNING, BEFORE DAYBREAK, WE WITNESSED SEVERAL EXPLOSIONS -- FLICKERS OF BLUE AND WHITE AND SPARKS FLYING INTO THE AIR, SEVERAL TIMES. NOW, NASSAU OFFICIALS SAY THAT THERE ARE MANY DOWNED POWER LINES, MANY DOWNED TREES AND THEY'RE EXPECTING HURRICANE FORCE WINDS THROUGHOUT THE DAY, POSSIBLY UNTIL NIGHTFALL. THEN WE CAN GET A BETTER ASSESSMENT ABOUT HOW BAD THE CONDITIONS REALLY ARE, THE DAMAGE THAT'S BEEN DONE. BUT FOR NOW, JOSH REPLOGLE, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, NASSAU. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you... Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork