Coming, theyre still kind of unsure where its going. Reporter jen posted this photo yesterday on instagram about 24 hour before hopping on that flight. We decided we wanted to board up our house just in case the hurricane hit us. Reporter boarded up and boarded a plane. The good news, she says it appears that storm isnt going to directly hit Miamidade County where she lives and i suppose drinking beer in denver is better than drinking beer at home worrying. Jb atlas is great to offer me storm. If the storm hits, it hits, theres nothing i can do, just board up the house and hope for the best and getting out of town is always a good option. That way im not strained on resources if there is a real emergency. Jen says her family is getting out of there, too, in case that thing makes a turn. The caribbean now to escape the hurricanes path is not always an option. Haiti six years ago our reporter returned to help habitat for humanity rebuild homes there to better withstand disasters in part
Miami has been spared the brunt, but areas to the north are in for a long couple of days. Already reports coming in of Power Outages in florida. Storm now blamed for nearly 300 deaths in haiti. Emergency officials in florida are trying to make sure that number doesnt rise in their state but not everyone is listening. This storm is a monster. Im going to pray for everyb band started pounding floridas southern Atlantic Coast with heavy winds and wave late this afternoon. Forecasters expect the big storm to make landfall overnight near cape canaveral. Powerful winds whipped up the bahamas, tearing the roof off this house. In haiti, hundreds are dead. And roads remain flooded. But even scenes like that cant convince some floridians to leave. Weve been through so many of alter occasions. Hopefully it will be the same thing. Reporter but the police chief in Daytona Beach worries for their lives. What would you call those people . Youre a fool. Because this hurricane is unlike any other hurri
What they really concerned about. Pulled it down you can get the whole picture and saint augustine. Theyre trying to get people to safety is all unfolding right now as we speak. Im kirk yuhnke. Im meagan ohalloran. Its just beginning for a long and dangerous weekend on the east coast. In florida more than 600 thousand without power. Officials are the affected area to take this storm seriously. President obama spoke just a few hours ago comparing this storm to super storm sandy. Many of you will remember hurricane sandy. Where initially people said this doesnt look as bad as we thought. And then suddenly you get massive storm surge and a lot of he is night i wrote out super swarm sandy as a reporter and i tell you that was the first thought this wasnt as bad as they said it was going to be following the aftermath was something else. One 50 year old woman died overnight in florida, apparently after going into cardiac arrest. Authorities are considering it a storm related death because th
The mayor of West Palm Beach. She told me that obviously they are monitoring things as best they can but they will not be able to go out into the elements to help someone if they find themselves in danger. So they are asking everyone to stay indoors, and that includes first thing in the morning when the sun comes up, there still could be dangerous conditions and theyre asking everybody to stale remain indoors still remain indoors because of the ongoing conditions of the can you seeus to be, and it is expected to get windier, especially around 1 a. M. Through 4 a. M. Were seeing expected to see winds up to 80 miles per hour. So the message tonight stay indoors. Im adam winer, back to you. And thats what well do, to what it has done. The death toil in haiti is 283 people. This is new video showing some of the tremendous damage to that country. Can you see walls and roofs just damage that has forecasters so worried here in the u. S. Chief meteorologist mike nelson is tracking matthew. Whe
Rear axel sheered off. The driver got away and the othr adam county and state patrol are trying to locate the driver of the suspect who is a 6foot tall blackmail wearing a black hoodie and blue tshirt without t hes barefoot. This is a heavily dense populata for businesses and industrial area, so they have a lot of area to cover this morning. He should be considered armed and dangerous even though police did recover a gun from the suv. Lets send it in to nicole and mitch with more breaking news on the weather. That scary situation on the were tracking making its a category 3 hurricane but it got heavy wind and dangerous. The storm is proven to be dangerous. Heres Lauren Lister with the latest from florida. Reporter Hurricane Matthew barreling towards florida. The eye of the storm taunt cities. Overnight, violent winds along the beaches, gusts in some places clocking above 75 milesphour. This storm bringing the look and sound of downed power lines. Officials fearing up 3 million may end