To hit florida since 2005. Abcs Lauren Lyster is live in new smyrna beach, florida, with the latest tonight. Matthew heading straight for florida the brutal wind and pounding rain growing as the hurricane charges towards the coast the National Weather service saying matthew will be devastating potentially unlike any hurricane in the modern area. Floridas governor calling it a monster. Sot gov rick scott unfortunately this is going to kill people. Already, it has. Matthew taking the lives of more than 100 people as it swept through haiti. The death toll there skyrocketing as the floodwaters recede. In the bahamas. The shore battered by damaging waves. The rain and wind and the vacations of 3thousand tourists unable to escape and with the hurricane then heading for florida residents thursday filling up those final Sandbags Stores are boarded up. Their shelves bare and a fight to get fuel sot moss this is ridiculous i went to costo the lines out to the highway. i saw two guys fighting at
Kaj. Plan on a cool, windy day clouds will be around for much of the morning with clearing sky this afternoon. Highs will generally be in the upper 50s to lower 60s. The weekend continues to the 60s both days. No frost is expected this weekend, though temperatures at night will cool down to the lower 40s. Next week, the main theme is for warmer than normal conditions to continue. Moisture is very limited with the next front that arrives on monday night. Have a great weekend toda y gradual clearing. Cooler and windy. Wind nw 1525. High 60 tonight mostly clear. Wind nw 510. Low 41 tomorrow mostly sunny. Wind sw 510. High 65 tom. Night partly cloudy. Wind sw 510. Low 45 thanks kaj. Hurricane matthew has already prompted officials to urge evacuations for more than 2 Million People in the south eastern us. As reid binion reports, the first state to feel matthews impact this morning is florida. Florida were already starting to see the impacts. And its a monster. Hurricane matthew driving not
Couple wants some answers of how exactly this fire started. 27 32, i pulled up. I came up from the north and i didnt see any smoke and i thought oh maybe its not that bad, but when i got to the end of the street you could smell it. A charred living room and crumbled insulation is all thats left inside this house. 25 30, it could be anywhere from a full gut to theres siding his wife left the home only about 15 minutes before the fire started. 24 29, we came to to the determination that all we come up with is it came from a tv or cable box remote riggs says its possible the tv remote started on fire when it got wedged in between couch cushions. 24 44, if it got shut in the couch with the button pushed he says thats the only logical explanation. Because they dont smoke inside their home, and were not using any the time. 27 21, i mean were fire conscious people Steven Graham fire chief 16 56, we got there and the living room was on fire, we extinguished it fairly quickly. Alburnett fire cr
Generally range from 7377 across the area with south winds anywhere from 1020mph. Tonight, a cold front moves in from the northwest and should increase the clouds during the night. The cold front itself should pass through around 7am near waterloo with a 1011 am frontal passage around iowa city. This makes tomorrow morning the warmest part of the day, with falling temperatures into the afternoon. Rain is also possible along this front, with light amounts under a quarter inch. Thursday remains sunny and cooler with a return to above normal temperatures as early as friday afternoon in spots. Today times. Wind s 1020. High 75 tonight mostly cloudy. Wind s 510. Low 62 tomorrow light rain likely. Temperatures falling to 5055 by afternoon. Wind nw 1020. High 62 tom. Night mostly clear. Areas of patchy frost possible late in the night. Wind nw 510. Low 35 thanks kaj. Indiana governor mike pence will be in newton today. The republican Vice President ial nominee will hold a rally at the Des Moi
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