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South carolina. That storm is expected to continue up the coast through the weekend. Steve joins us with a look at where the storm is. Usually a hurricane impacts one area. That is usually winds damage. This is going parallel to the coast which is unusual. Now you start to get the Continental Shelf was gets more shallow going north. That is why they think the storm surge will be a bigger factor. A lot of flooding . Yes. The eye of the storm is weakening a little bit but not before 107 mileperhour winds office type cape canaveral. It off cape canaveral. It is heading towards Daytona Beach. Watch the bands. That is where you can get the tornadoes. You also get the ocean water piling up. That is a concern along with the 8 to 12 inches of rain. Cape canaveral might be on the better side. The wind has shifted. But the eye of the storm has stayed all share. Now off shore. The Continental Shelf drops pretty fast off of florida and then it gets very shallow. Georgia coast and South Carolina it gets very shallow. That is what they are concerned about. You take that storm surge as it begins to move, and that would adopt a tremendous amount of water. Will dump a tremendous amount of water. It is going to ramp back around and come back as a Tropical Storm in the bahamas again. But today it is a hurricane. Very quiet weather here. It will be sunny and nice. Temperatures above average. Another cool morning in the 40s and 50s, but sunshine warmer temperatures this afternoon. 80s and upper 80s. We could get up to 90 by tomorrow. President obama has already declared a state of emergency in florida allowing federal aid to come into deal with Hurricane Matthew. We have more on the white house efforts to deal with this historic storm. Reporter this is likely the most powerful hurricane to hit the United States in a decade or so. The preparations that we have been making in advance of the storm are indicative of how serious we think it is. Reporter the white house says the responsibility is with local and state officials but these but but fema is already working in florida, georgia, and the carolinas. Fema is trying a new approach, stationing equipment and supplies to expected area of damage. The agent showed a video showing agents. Congress made it clear after katrina that if we think a disaster has occurred or could occur, we need to start moving resources before the states ask for them. These preparations are designed for survival and then they assess the damage and repair. Nearly 2,000,000 homes in florida, south and North Carolina and georgia are vulnerable to storm surge. Rebuilding those homes after a category four storm in florida alone could cost nearly 190 billion. Along the gulf coast particularly in florida people have high hurricane deductibles. We think, not only it will be flooding, people underinsured for wind damage. Reporter fema expects a lot of people will need help rebuilding their homes and the agency will help those affected qualify for loans and grants. The us military is also preparing. The pentagon says officials immobilize a National Guard force across four states and made available military bases and staging areas. The navy has also moved three warships near Jacksonville Florida to safer waters. The department of defense says it has authorized 11 million for overseas disaster relief. With 300 these about 300,000 people in florida with no electricity utility crews across the nation, including pg e, or heading there to help where they can. 130 employees will leave this morning heading to the hurricane zone. They are based in santa rosa and fresno. We helped in sandy in 2012. Good guys that want to get to work. We expect to see a lot of wires down, a lot of devastation. Because some florida airports are closed, the crew will have to fly to an airport in the southeast that is still open. They are expected to be down there for more than a week. People in florida, georgia and the carolinas are all nervously bracing for the full impact of Hurricane Matthew today. More than 3 Million People have been warned to evacuate. We have a report from savanna georgia. What is it like right now . Reporter it is called. Hallman calm. And i think that is one of the reasons people have not taken off yet. But as pictures are coming in, the devastation you are seeing along the coast of florida should inspire people to get out of town today. Interstate 16 is only outbound. The of evacuation buses running through noon. After that they say folks are on their own. Our meteorologist is talking about your area in particular. Some of the areas of will not be so much about the winds but about the storm surge and a lot of flooding. What is georgia preparing to deal with . Reporter that is the big worry. A storm surge pushing all about water. It could be up to 1130 11 feet. That is a big worry. You think about the geography of the state. Inlets running through. We are upper river. That is where the problem will be today and tomorrow and perhaps even into next week as you have all of this water with nowhere to go. With a regular thunderstorm, you might get flooding in the streets here. They do not know what will happen if a strong hurricane hits because they have not had a hurricane since 1979 and it was a pretty weak one. What can they do to try to limit the damage . Reporter we have seen folks boarding up windows. Here on river street, i dont see any boarding up. Were right here on the river. So we have to wait and see. Folks without a memory of hurricanes here are not preparing. But i have seen about half and half. Some people are boarding up in other peoples are letting it ride. And other people are letting it ride. Thank you for that update. We will continue to check on those spots throughout the morning. Hurricane matthew coverage. Sal, friday morning. The day is beginning. Is the commute beginning as a as well . On friday sometimes we have lighter commute. We are hoping that happens today. Lets take a look at vacaville. It is doing well. Were hoping it stays that way. Were hoping for a good commute for you on this friday. 27 minutes between vacaville and fairfield. If you are one of the super commuters, i would love to hear from you on twitter. I like hearing from you. This is a look at live pictures 880. Traffic moving along nicely on the freeway system. At the bay bridge toll plaza traffic is moving along well. Remember it is fleet week, but this is the time when people, especially over the weekend will be coming into San Francisco. Dont be surprised if it is pretty crowded on the weekend. A marin county chef leaning on his coworkers and family as he recovers after being shot. Josi hernandez was attacked at the end of august right in front of his house in son pablo as he returned from work at 1 oclock in the morning. He was shot five times. Now he is on the road to recovery after several surgeries. The restaurant where he works launched a gofundme account raising over 14,000 to help pay his medical expenses. The greatest chef that has ever been. Police say they do not know of a motive for the shooting. Doctor say it will be several months before he is Strong Enough to go back to work. We have a link to the gofundme page on our website. Santa clara county of velde gun balls showed gun balls faults vaults that will be installed. They are required to stalled it store their guns in a lockbox if they are keeping them in a vehicle. At Stanford University they are rethinking a campus tradition called full moon on the quad. This day back dates back to the founding of the university in where students meet near midnight and upper classmate upperclassmen are supposed to get kisses from freshman. But it has been a difficult time at stanford with two rates in the past two weeks. Rabies rapes in the past two weeks. They say they will focus more on School Spirit and community then kissing. Four offduty heyward firefighters hailed as heroes. Coming up. Welcome back. We have new information this morning about the deadly create train crash in new jersey. It was going more than twice the speed limit when it slammed into the train station in hoboken new jersey. The ntsb said it was going at eight Miles Per Hour until approximately 38 seconds before the crash. The throttle was increased and reached a speed of 21 Miles Per Hour. Data recorder showed the engineer hit the emergency brake less than a second before the train crashed. One person died and more than 100 were injured in that crash. That investigation continues. Another piece of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370 has washed up on an island on the indian ocean. A piece of a wing was found near madagascar are confirmed as belonging to that missing plane. It is similar to a piece found earlier this year. Parts of the plane have been found on coastlines across the indian ocean. More than 200 people were on that plane when it vanished in 2014. Search teams are still searching for the missing black boxes. Hurricane matthew is forcing the president ial candidates to change their schedules in the crucial battleground state of florida. Hillary clinton and donald trump are adjusting their campaigns. The Clinton Campaign postponed scheduled advertising in florida. Donald trumps daughter canceled a phone baking event in palm beach. Trumps home is among those threatened in palm beach. Every american, we should keep them in our hearts and prayers and look for ways to support efforts like the red cross. We are thinking about the safety of our citizens. Floridas republican governor refused to extend the october 11 deadline for people to register to vote saying that everyone who is eligible has had plenty of time. Green Party Candidate jill stein is campaigning here in the bay area. Supporters gathered for an event in oakland last night. She says Real Solutions to difficult problems such as unemployment and inequality are being blocked by established Political Parties that serve what she calls the corporate elite. She also attended an event in San Francisco last night. A poll average from real clear politics has 2. 4 of voters nationwide favoring jill stein. Lets check in with sal and see if everybody is doing okay. For the most part we are okay. Lets see what we have with the 580 commute. You can see traffic is a little bit slow on 205 near Mountain House parkway and on the altamont pass. It is lighter than we normally see. So maybe we will have a lighter than usual commute. You can always contact me on social media, especially twitter. Lets go to the bay bridge toll plaza. Traffic is light so far going into San Francisco. This weekend will be busy, so there might not be a quick trip into the city. Remember, it is fleet week and a lot of people come for the weekend. Lets take a look at 280 northbound and southbound with traffic moving nicely. Northbound on the right is the commute direction. I am also on twitter. Hurricane matthew, i know somebody, a good friend is on cocoa beach. We will talk to him soon. They survived and made it through. It is moving north of them right now. Cape canaveral had gusts up to 107 Miles Per Hour. The eye of the storm is kind of falling apart a little bit. North of Daytona Beach it looks like the eye of the storm might make landfall. In this case, as it moves north along the coast, it will be the storm surge. It gets very shallow as you move off the georgia and carolina coast. The Continental Shelf falls fast. That is why they are concerned about the storm surge. Usually the winds do more damage but in this case it will be the storm surge. 11 feet of water coming over and that will cause problems. It looks like matthew will turn into a Tropical Storm and head back towards the bahamas. Unbelievable to see that happen. We have quiet conditions here. It will be sunny and warmer. Patchy fog but that will not last long. It is cool with 40s and 50s out there. Sunshine and warmer temps will take us into the weekend. 60s, 70s and 80s but i think more 70s and 80s, even but upper 80s. Even upper 80s. Saturday will be the warmest day. So if it gets to 90 it will not stay there long that long. I am glad the weather will be nice for fleet week. We are learning more information about the boat from sacramento that capsized last month in the delta. We will tell you how much it will cost to remove it from the water. Coming up. Welcome back. Despite some complaints, and outdoor urinal will not be removed from San Franciscos dolores park this is after a judge threw out a lawsuit filed by the Chinese Christian Union of San Francisco. They said the urinal is in decent an offensive to the senses. It also argued that it is discriminatory since they are designed for men and not women. The group wanted it to be removed but the judge denied the lawsuit saying it does not violate any laws or the constitution. Palo alto police are asking for your help in finding a man who exposed himself to a teenage girl in the city park. Authorities have released a sketch. This follows the incident on september 30 at bold park on the good avenue. A girl said she was riding her bike passed a man when he pulled down his pants. He is described as white, in his 50s with short and spiky white hair. The price tag for removing a boat that capsized in the delta last month is 1. 6 million. It is called the spirit of sacramento. It capsized near Bethel Island after taking on water because of equipment failure. The owner did not come up with the removal plan and that cause federal and state agencies to take over the entire operation, including the cleanup. The coast guard and recovery operators lifted the boat out of the water and took it to a facility in sausalito. The epa plans to remove all of the remaining hazardous material. The state of california is toughening the regulations for pesticides commonly used by strawberry farmers. It is listed as a chemical known to cause cancer. The change does not ban using it, but it restrict how much can be applied every year and when it is applied. The growers inject telone into soil. It is not regulated by the epa in california is the only state to restrict how much can be applied every year. People traveling from San Francisco to florida are feeling the impact of Hurricane Matthew. Coming up, how many flights have already been canceled because of the storm and what the airlines are doing to help passengers. Police bust a suspected brothel in the east bay. Good morning. Were looking at a commute that is looking good at the bay bridge. It looks good now, but it will probably change in the next half hour. We will let you know. Quiet here for us. Sunny and warm with 70s and 80s. No issues for fleet week. But it is a different story in Daytona Beach. More on Hurricane Matthew. Good morning, welcome back, Hurricane Matthew borling down on the coast of florida. Just the first of days of what is expected to be damaging rains and heavy winds. Good morning. I am dave clark. Lets start with the latest on Hurricane Matthew. Lets look at what is looks like in florida. You see the storm surge and the waves coming in. Its hard to see the wind from this picture but it looks like a lot of homes on the beach. Thats a beautiful old historic part of florida. Hopefully they can whether the storm. Its a category three. It weakened overnight but Hurricane Matthew still has 120 Miles Per Hour winds with gusts as high at 160 Miles Per Hour. 300,000 people in florida have no electricity. 3Million People are under

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