Hurricane Matthew made landfall in Haiti on Tuesday morning, and the state of Florida is keeping an eye on the situation as well. The immediate focus is on the safety of everyone in the path of the Category 4 storm, and the game between the Titans and Dolphins in Miami could be moved as a result.
“Obviously, right now we’re thinking about the people in Haiti,” Dolphins CEO Tom Garfinkel told the Miami Herald. “There’s a lot of uncertainty around what will happen in the next few days and we’re watching it very closely. We’ll be prepared to react however we need to when we have more information.”
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It's too early to determine how, or if, the Hurricane will impact Florida, but the National Hurricane Center said in its advisory Monday, "While there remains significant uncertainty in the track of Matthew in the long range, the threat to Florida and the southeastern U.S. coast has increased."
Florida Gov. Rick Scott declared a state of emergency in anticipation of the storm.
“Hurricane Matthew is a life-threatening Category 4 hurricane and we must all take it seriously," Scott said in a statement. "If Hurricane Matthew directly impacts Florida, there could be massive destruction which we haven’t seen since Hurricane Andrew devastated Miami-Dade County in 1992. That is why we cannot delay and must prepare for direct impact now."
There's been precedent for moving games due to weather. In 2014 a game between the Bills and Jets was moved to Detroit following a massive snowstorm. Oddly enough, Detroit also hosted a game in 2010 between the Vikings and Giants as the Metrodome suffered extreme damage.
We're not sure when the league would need to decide if the game needs to be moved, or where it would be played should it come down to that. The NFL did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
