Hundreds of thousands in what is normally the Sunshine State of florida have been left in the dark, powerlines are down all across the state. We know that and we also know much more. Overnight matthew was downgraded to a category 3 but is still a monster of a storm. It is nearly 300 miles wide. Fema reports it is not it has not seen a storm so strong in a decade. The damage is expected to be severe as that of hurricane andrew. The storm wrecked the island nation of haiti. Its death toll is now up to 283 and expected to grow there in haiti. We have Live Team Coverage of this massive storm and the impact it is having but first heres meteorologist tara blake tracking math right now. Winds at 120 Miles Per Hour, lets go through the track as us here in northeast ohio are east coast. You can see the mileage there moving off now, expected to move northnorthwest at around 12 Miles Per Hour dumping as much as nine to 15 inches of rainfall along the coastal areas of florida, georgia, north and South Carolina as well. East of jacksonville you have category 3, it does look to potentially make landfall close to or we are talking 30 miles from the center. Those are the strongest winds here at a category 3 currently just east but jacksonville is expected to see this dangerous hurricane, very close as well as savannah, georgia. So heres your timing friday at 8 00, heres tonight, still 115 mileperhour winds, then downgrades close to charleston but notice that track almost charleston and then shift east just south of wilmington, possibly doing extreme damage also to the myrtle beach areas and timing for the carolinas is saturday, starting as early as 8 00 a. M. Through about 8 00 on saturday night. We will continue to watch matthew and this dangerous hurricane as he takes a shift off to the east and then comes back farther south potentially hitting areas that were devastated from this first initial push. So certainly a scary situation if you decided to stay, still a lot of rainfall, storm surge and extreme problem an extreme problem along with the very, very dangerous and damaging winds. Time now to check in with dine an gal Diane Gallagher in jacksonville. Reporter the massive storm moving up floridas east coast bringing with it heavy rain. And more than 100mileperhour hour storm. Reporter Officials Say the effects of matthew will be unlike any hurricane in decades, and that some places may become, quote, uninhabitable for weeks or months. Damage assessments are just coming in from south florida. They will continue as the storm passes each county. The storm has only passed half our state so this is not over. Reporter powerlines down across the state, hundreds of thousands without power but evacuate get out if you are being told to evacuate. Reporter and predictions of a devastating storm surge we are very concerned about storm surge and the worst effects are still likely to come. We have run the numbers. The history shows that nine out of 10 fatalities historically landfalling and landfall Tropical Storm cyclones in the United States have been due to water. Reporter some people say they are staying put. We all think that we are going to be okay but nobody storms here growing up, so this is just another one. Still ahead, Hurricane Matthew is causing major headaches for travelers nationwide. We are showing you how Flight Cancellations have soared to Record Numbers and that story is coming up. But first this. Newschannel5 on the scene as a driver was arrested after crashing into a Cleveland Police cruiser at east 140th street in st. Clair on the cleveland northeast side an officer was in the marked car when the crash occurred. You see the driver of minivan undergoing a field sobriety test before being taken into custody. The Police Officer involved in the wreck was taken to the hospital. He had very minor injuries. Happening now, the viewing is underway for the euclid football star who died after getting hurt in a High School Football game two weeks ago. Andre jackson took a hard hit in the midsection. He was taken off the football field. Two days later Andre Jackson died of complications related to the injury. The viewing of andre, who until 6 00. It is at the rogers funeral home in cleveland. The funeral set for tomorrow at 10 00 at star Light Baptist Church in east cleveland. In baseball circles, in cleveland the feeling is good this day. The indians in the American League playoffs beat the Boston Red Sox last night. Indians won the first in the alds 54, that brought out the victory celebrations but thats one game, one in a best of five series. Indians and red sox again this afternoon, progressive field, 4 30 this afternoon. Go indians. There are celebrations elsewhere as well. The Cleveland Metro parks has something to brag about today. Best in the nation. The Cleveland Metro parks received the 2016 National Gold medal award for excellence in park and recreational management. This marks the fourth time the Cleveland Metro park system has earned this award. Stories continuing to make headlines at the noon hour this Record Number of overdoses being reported. Experts worry this number could double before the year is over. Back in the buckeye state, Hillary Clinton stumping in ohio next week, encouraging people to get out the vote and register and of course pushing for the voter herself vote herself, of course. Travelers in trouble, the latest on thousands of flights being cancelled and airport closures expected. Hurricane Hillary Clinton back in ohio on monday. Scheduled for an event in the columbus area where there will be a push for ohioans to get out the push and register to vote. The clinton will speak about her economic plan. The deadline to register to vote in the november election is tuesday, october 11th. Round 2 of the president ial debate expected to be slugfest as Hillary Clinton and donald trump face off in another prime time showdown. This time the scene will be st. Louis sunday night. We talked with a former Hillary ClintonCampaign Staffer on what to expect from his former boss and how donald trump could beat her. One key difference this time, its a town hall format with questions from the audience. Big crowds. Its him in the center of a room, get as many people as you can around him and let them rile them up. I think it is going to be more in her comfort zone. We will have to see how that plays out. After the first debate clinton saw a slight bump in the polls with the election just a month away, what happens when the candidates take the stage again could make a difference. The ceo of an adult classified website busted. How hes being accused of pimping out young, girls. Now a look at the weather situation and its a big one, here is tara. Major Hurricane Matthew putting rainfall as far north as west virginia. Will it get close to home . We will take a look. Thats coming up in your power the area is reeling from the heroin epidemic which is ravaging the community. New numbers indicate the war against heroin overdoses is getting worse. Nick foley has our story. Reporter we have already seen hundreds of fatalities in Cuyahoga County this year. Those are Record Numbers for the year with still just two months to go. Numbers that medical officials have never seen before. To put it all in perspective in 2015 there were 228 heroin related overdoses from heroin, carfentanil or fentanyl in Cuyahoga County. More than 80, one overdose fatality a day in one county alone. Other counties have seen a huge spik problem firsthand says reducing the prescriptions theres a number of issues why we use the way we use. I was running from something. Reporter so far there have already been 14 overdose fatalities in october. Thats on pay for 60 for the entire month. Reporting in cleveland, nick foley for news 5. In the meantime the ceo of a popular advertisement website carl fairer, the ceo of backpage. Com was arrested after arriving in houston on a flight from amsterdam. This action came after a Texas Attorney general said that a dallas based website generated millions of dollars a year on classified sex ads with many of the victims being innocent young girls. Think about that, your neighbors daughter ran away, fell into the wrong hands, she is being sexually abused and now a company in dallas is endure. 55yearold fairer also faces charges in california and texas. Hurricane matthew is affecting millions of travelers across this country and causing a major problem at airports across the country as well. Right now thousands of flights have been cancelled. That has left passengers stranded in airports and vacations cut short. Spanos has the latest. Reporter bringing air travel to a stand still. By midday friday over 2000 flights cancelled. According to flightaware. Com, some travelers made it out while they could. Hunkered the house down and left and thats all you kind of can do is hope for the best. A home is a home but our family is all safe, so we are feeling pretty good. Reporter a deserted terminal at Miami International airport while it remained open, all flights halted there last night. And even lauderdale airport was shut down entirely. Now reopened. Miles away from the shore, orlando International Airport grounded all commercial flights. Our original flight out of orlando was cancelled. Reporter flights in and out of orlando are expected to resume. The Holbrook Family from oklahoma is visiting florida but now has no way home. They are driving in the opposite director of the hurricane. We are going to clearwater and then driving to the Tampa Airport tomorrow to fly out. Reporter clear lines at the Walt Disney World closed its doors for the fourth time in its 45year history. And on the rails amtrak suspended service in the south, trains traveling up and down the coast of florida are cancelled today. And no matter where you are, if you are traveling this weekend, airport authorities remind you to check your flight status before you get to the airport. Hurricane matthews Ripple Effect is causing cancellations and delays everywhere. Angelica spanos, abc news, in the southeastern part of the u. S. Hurricane matthew making its presence known. What do you think . Devastating. And, you know, we are going to continue to find more and more information about what is happening in florida, but, you know, you have seen some live reports even from our own reporters saying you cant even stand outside because of the extreme wind and the very heavy rainfall and its continuing to dump on as much as 15 inches of rain along the coast of and guess what . Some of those very outer bands are even trying to reach as far north as west virginia. That means that models are trying to even bring in a little rainfall to the southern sections of ohio. Hard to believe right now considering akron is seeing some beautiful bright blue skies, great shot there, summit and stark county, youre a little cooler than what cleveland is expecting for today. I think 81 that daytime high fo beautiful sunshine right now. Southern wind around 8 Miles Per Hour. No dew point. Humidity not an issue for us. A taste of summer but yet fall air. Its gorgeous. Enjoy it. Lunch outside, take a walk about. 71 for us downtown, a little cooler, but 72 bedford, 66 in orange, though, a lot more 70s to show you including a mild 76 wadsworth, 73 in medina. Richland has 70s. 74 in ashlund, 72 in mansfield. 75 in shelby. Loving that. 771 of the warmest in port clinton for us, staying here at home or maybe friends and family affected by matthew have decided to come back, well, we have a change in our forecast too but its not because of matthew. Its this front back west, its going to usher in falllike air, problem is the timing on this particular system isnt exactly providing much in the way of a drink for your grass and i know its lush and its green but we need that rain to keep it that way even if these fall months so heres timing out. By midnight tonight added clouds, look at that moisture, i told you trying to get close with some very outer bands of matthew, a little overdone, absolutely, but maybe a possibility and very far in it does pick up a little bit farther south about 1 00, 2 00 in the morning for akron to revina but for your saturday we clear it out. Its just a drastic drop in temperatures from 80s today down into the 60s over the weekend and not exactly providing much in the way of rainfall. Maybe 1 100 to a 10th at most. Thats good news for the tribe. Great weather yesterday, a lot of wind today it will be the same. 79 that 4 30 start against the red sox. Tonight friday night football comfortably cool for us, i expect 70s for you, not an issue other than the browns weatherwise because it will be cool as we take on the patriots at 1 00 on sunday. So your power 5 sevenday forecast doesnt keep it cool for long, it doesnt show much rain either. We will talk more about that coming up in a few minutes. 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