Caribbean braces for Hurricane Matthew

ORANJESTAD, Aruba – People in the Dutch Caribbean islands reinforced their homes and stocked up on emergency supplies Thursday as Hurricane Matthew took a rare course through the Southern Caribbean. Hurricane Matthew was expected to pass to the north of the islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao before shifting on a course that was expected to take it toward Jamaica, Cuba and Haiti over the weekend. The so-called “ABC islands” of the Dutch Caribbean are outside the hurricane belt and are usually spared from tropical storms.