UPDATE, LATEST ON CLOSINGS: City of Lake Worth and Palm Beach County now under a Hurricane Watch

For the latest use this link to the National Hurricane Center.

For Palm Beach County's Emergency Management site use this link. 

Dr. Jeff Masters (use this link) at Weather Underground has an excellent blog called WunderBlog I highly recommend.

Note that any and all meetings or scheduled events on this blog for tomorrow and Thursday are subject to cancellation due to Hurricane Matthew. Err on the side of caution and get prepared for a major storm event. 

Update: the latest. 

• Lake Worth Pier closed
• Do not put trash, recycling, or vegetation out for pickup until further notice
• Community Sustainability Dept. (Building, Code, Bus. Lic. & Planning) will close at 11:30 today
• Electric Utility Advisory Board meeting today is cancelled
• Planning & Zoning Board meeting today is cancelled
• Commission Work Session on Thursday is cancelled
• Evening on the Avenue on Friday is cancelled

West Palm Beach Mayor declares State of Emergency