Mt. Eden road. It was moving up hill toward mountain winery but away from homes. Abc7 News Reporter katie mar zu lew has the latest. Reporter they tell me the good news is its not windy here. Also the vineyard serves as a great fire break because the soil is tilled and crops are wet. At there point, crews have to keep the fire from spreading laterally. Theyll let it burn right up to the vines. Also no structures are threatened. Thats more good news. The smoke was first reported around 4 00 since then, firefighters have been fighting this fire on the ground and by air although there are some high tension power lines in the area so that does hinder the fire fight from the air to some extent. We have seen is water and retardant drops. The Fire Department is asking drivers to stay off the roads because of the heavy equipment up there right now to help with the firefighting efforts. Mount eden road is technically only open to residents. The advisory to stay off roads held up families trying
55 mile an hour. The eyewall is offshore. It could touch the north and South Carolina coast tomorrow. We did not get a report from brunswick, georgia probably because the storms are harsh right now. If the storm has not weakened too much, Hurricane Force winds will just about make it to wanting, North Carolina before turning eastward with the storm and the weakening trend. Rainfall will be a big, big issue. Rainfall amounts will be at least six to 10 inches, over a huge swath, possibly more. That will cause freshwater flooding as well. I will be back to talk about the storm surge and our Holiday Weekend forecast in a few new video out of saint augustine. This is the result of the storm surge. Nichole berlie is tracking the damage. Reporter wind gusts surpassing 100 miles per hour. Bringing down trees and power lines. Storm surge reaching as high as 11 feetnichole ni chole take a look at tybee island, georgia. There are mandatory evacuation orders. Miles of coastline in georgia, South C
The hurricane is approaching southern georgia and should reach savannah, the eye of the storm, before midnight. That is where we find fox news joel waldman. Joel, what are the conditions now . We can see things are changing by the minute and the wind has picked up. Reporter its heading, heather, good afternoon. Good evening once again. Just as you guys were introducing me, we felt the strongest gusty of wind. Conditions deteriorating. It appears although Hurricane Matthew has been moving slowly up to now, its coming up here faster than we expected. As you said, expected to arrive around midnight or so. As i was mentioning in an earlier newscast, its going to coincide with high tides. For now they are saying the storm surge is expected to be between 6 and 9 feet. You have to factor in the high tide, which is an additional 7 feet. Storm surge the main concern. Sometimes it is the rain that is a bigger factor. Sometimes its the wind. Obviously, the wind impacting storm surge in a major wa
By 2 00 today its lashing the northern coast of South Carolina. Then moving away from North Carolina during the day tomorrow. Hopefully that will be the last we have to deal with any effects on land from matthew. Meantime im tracking this cold front, the one i talked about all week long, thats kicking matthew east of new england. However some of the moisture may get picked up and move in and bring us some rain. We need the rain but it is were off to a dry start. Its clear, quiet, we have a little patchy fog in spots. That will be around through 9 00 a. M. 40s in most spots but near 70 this afternoon. More in just a moment. The death toll from matthew continues to rise. So far near 900 people are confirmed dead as a result of Hurricane Matthew. Mostly in haiti. This is a look at the out of this. An orphanage with local ties has weathered the storm. Fox 25 has been with the be like britt organization. Since that orphanage began getting ready. Well have more on the Recovery Efforts under
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