Preparations for whats still to come. Good friday morning, everyone. Im kendis gibson. And im Mara Schiavocampo in for diane macedo. We begin with breaking news. Hurricane matthew continues to pound the coast and the effects of the storm being felt throughout the state. Some scenes for you. Heres what it looked like from behind the wheel of a police cruiser. This is near port st. Lucie in the heart of the hurricane zone. Officers trying to keep the area safe, but theyre barely able to see whats outside their window there. The powerful storm forced millions to evacuate along the southeast coast. Florida, georgia, South Carolina are all under states of emergency. And we have Team Coverage with abcs ginger zee standing by in melbourne, florida, but first we head to New Smyrna Beach and abcs Lauren Lyster. Lauren, good morning. Reporter good morning, mara the impact of Hurricane Matthew intensifying where i am. That category 3 hurricane packing 120mileperhour winds bringing major gusts to
Get the best potential for some lingering showers this morning. Otherwise abc15 desert doppler is still pretty try across the valley. Even their Fountain Hills the better chance of seeing a few popups early here this morning. We will keep in the green chance of a shower today in the forecast of the today is looking much drier than what we saw yesterday. A 10 chance for a stray through the morning commute and a slight chance into this afternoon with temperatures with a little cooler. 64 now and height of only 82. Iris , we have breaking news from the abc15 live desk where firefighters are at a home near 83rd avenue and lower buckeye. Allison rodriguez just arrived on the scene. What do you have . Reporter take a look at the damage done on the garage. The firefighters had to get into stop this please and it we have some fire trucks over here and lets go to this site if we can. You can see the Phoenix Fire Department still here as they wrap up the scene. The good news is no. Was hurt but
Now still a Tropical Storm but thats going to be in our forecast for the next 72 hours as we get moisture our way because of that system and possibly energy from that system as well and we get the remnants of it moving into our state over the next 72 hours, and that will mean big changes for rain chances but this morning, dont worry. No rain, its dry and mild and temperat 104. We will talk about that more in minutes. Lets talk about breaking news happening right now. To give you a better idea of where this is unfolding, its right near the walmart at broadway and apache trail. Justin pazera, what is the situation there . Reporter a chris, we just got on scene and take a look at the amount of resources they i just talked with one of the folks from superstition fire and they say this is a mobile home. Its sitting back on the property so we cant get a good look at it but when this fire broke out, they said it was fully involved, see you can imagine they just through all the resources towar
The rain is starting to develop too as we are getting storms moving into spots like queen creek and also around maricopa approaching spots like ahwatukee. So the southwest valley is going to get hit first here as the dust and removing. And rain the move in. And the rain moving to use caution in those areas if you are heading out soon or if you can, delay or travel as we are watching dust moving into the valley and again we will get storms produci guys especially through spots like queen creek, Apache Junction, gilbert, chandler, ahwatukee as well as in the path as well are all in the path of that heavy rainfall. Thanks iris and rain no rain is coming down in southern arizona. This is a live look right now from our adot camera and tucson is really just showing a lot of rain. We showed you earlier, those water splashing up so tucson right now is getting hit by all that rain. Drenched to say the least. This is speedway and magnolia, from our viewer john parra. Down at our sister station a
You are driving around, especially over the next couple days. When you head out today, its all dry and warm. Slight chance of storms for the evening commute but i show you when Storm Chances really go up in just a few minutes, mallory. All right, shes going to be back in just a few minutes but i want to turn to nick ciletti. We see you there as the valley prepares for what could be another super soaker. You are asking people to get the sandbags ready . Reporter yes, were taking where exactly they can get sand and sandbags so right now i am live and mesa fire at southern avenue. This location also has a shovel but mesa fire is were committing a pretty bring their own shovel just in case. Do you remember this . Back in september 2014, that was the last time we saw the Fire Department had to actually go inside that day care and carry those babies out in their strollers and Everything Else and try to get them to safety. We also saw a number of water rescues and cars that were to that were