Florida. A number only expected to grow with the potential of storm surges up to ten feet. Florida governor, rick scott issuing a dire warn thag this is no joke. If you are in an evacuation zone, get out. This is not something you should take a chance with. Time is running out. Leave. There are no excuses. Evacuate, evacuate, evacuate. You have to leave. Theres going to be 20 feet of water in your house. Its scary. Right now, the storm is a category 3 hovering near florida. We have live team cover achbage from florida to georgia. We talk about this cat 3, thats sustained winds of 120 Miles Per Hour and gusts more than that. You have to remember to put it in perspective, katrina when it made land fall was a category 3. You cant just measure the storm by a category. Sandy, which a lot of folks across the northeast say is a benchmark for the worst storm they experienced was a cat 1. Because this is a category 3, we cant let our guard down. The strongest of the winds have remained offshore
Florida. A number only expected to grow with the potential of storm surges up to ten feet. Florida governor, rick scott issuing a dire warn thag this is no joke. If you are in an evacuation zone, get out. This is not something you should take a chance with. Time is running out. Leave. There are no excuses. Evacuate, evacuate, evacuate. You have to leave. Theres going to be 20 feet of water in your house. Its scary. Right now, the storm is a category 3 hovering near florida. We have live team cover achbage from florida to georgia. We talk about this cat 3, thats sustained winds of 120 Miles Per Hour and gusts more than that. You have to remember to put it in perspective, katrina when it made land fall was a category 3. You cant just measure the storm by a category. Sandy, which a lot of folks across the northeast say is a benchmark for the worst storm they experienced was a cat 1. Because this is a category 3, we cant let our guard down. The strongest of the winds have remained offshore
Hard to forecast. As we go gur they are vulnerable beaches in the carolinas. Storm surge and flooding will be an issue. The days of Hurricane Force winds that could potentially effect the coastline then perhaps make a recurve. Thats five days out. Right now 120 mile per hour sustained winds is literally offshore off Cape Canaveral ladies. I am seeing Hurricane Force winds of over 80 Miles Per Hour along the coastline. Again the storm surge. Thats one of the biggest threats from this. 6 to 11 feet. That would be devastating for northern florida as well as georgia. Storm surge, flooding, winds, we are not done with matthew yet. I have an aunt in North Carolina keeping an eye on it as well. This will be their story next the carolinas and georgia. Thank you janice. North of melbourne in daytona streets are already under water the worst yet to come with the storm surge as you heard janice welcome at least 11 feet expected. Leland is live with the police chief. It has gotten more significant
And the worst is still yet to come they tell us. So we have Live Team Coverage from palm bay, florida and fox news chief meteorologist janice dean. But we start with Leland Vittert live at Daytona Beach as hes been throughout the night. Hey, leland. Reporter brian, ainsley, steve, good morning. Through the night, its gotten so much worse as matthew approaches. You turn your head towards the beach and the wind and the water, its gotten painful now when the water droplets hit you. Its like a sandblast and it will get worse as the wind speeds pick up here as the storm moves forward. The storm surge coming in, roads with water on them and more to team. Were still at low tide. The police chief said real danger is coming now of a combination, deadly combination of high tide an the storm surge together as the eye passes over. Take a listen. Weve got some trees and power lines down now. So were hanging in there and hoping it turns further out to the east. We wont be able to pump water out of t
We have been watching it overnight. Its moving up the florida coastline. Thats where we find it. It puts millions of people in imminent danger. Janice dean on this since the beginning. She is tracking the storms path. We begin with brian in the middle of it in sebastian, florida. Reporter we are in sebastian, florida, 20 minutes south of melbourne and an hour and a half west of palm beach. Everyone is saying we are lucky. Thats the consensus. But there is damage. This is a business sign that has fallen to the ground. Based on what we have seen because of the winds. When we turn over here, we have got damage over here. Leaves and foliage that has fallen down. Over here we have flooding on this side of the street. Think it gives you the idea of the kind of damage we are seeing in sebastian. Traffic lights are out around Palm Beach County can Indian River County and south florida. North of us in melbourne where the hurricane is still going, they are dealing with the effects of the hurrica