Now from abc news dbs 7 news. Tracking Hurricane Matthew, just hours away from making landfall on the florida coast. Tone, the National Weather service says the effects of the storm will be unlike any hurricane in decades. Thanks for joining us. Matthew is slowing down tonight but the hurricane could bring devastating storm surges and flooding. Weve seen heavy rains and strong winds. This is daytona beach, florida. Notice the deserted streets. Mandatory evacuations and a curfew are in effect. This was the scene in west palm beach, florida. Strong winds knocked down a powerline creating dangerous sports as you can see. We have team coverage. All of that in a moment. First lets go to meteorologist sandledy batell. The update on this storm just came down, right . It is. As you look at live doppler 7 right now, the storm is about 80 miles southeast of cape canaveral. It has weakened a little bit. Take a look at did outer bands of rain, the heavy ebb rain beginning to move in over melbourne
Now from abc news dbs 7 news. Tracking Hurricane Matthew, just hours away from making landfall on the florida coast. Tone, the National Weather service says the effects of the storm will be unlike any hurricane in decades. Thanks for joining us. Matthew is slowing down tonight but the hurricane could bring devastating storm surges and flooding. Weve seen heavy rains and strong winds. This is daytona beach, florida. Notice the deserted streets. Mandatory evacuations and a curfew are in effect. This was the scene in west palm beach, florida. Strong winds knocked down a powerline creating dangerous sports as you can see. We have team coverage. All of that in a moment. First lets go to meteorologist sandledy batell. The update on this storm just came down, right . It is. As you look at live doppler 7 right now, the storm is about 80 miles southeast of cape canaveral. It has weakened a little bit. Take a look at did outer bands of rain, the heavy ebb rain beginning to move in over melbourne
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We have team coverage. All of that in a moment. First lets go to meteorologist sandledy batell. The update on this storm just came down, right . It is. As you look at live doppler 7 right now, the storm is about 80 miles southeast of cape canaveral. It has weakened a little bit. Take a look at did outer bands of rain, the heavy ebb rain beginning to move in over melbourne, fort pierce. Heres the lightest stats on this. This is a dangerous category 3 with the 120mileanhour winds. Warnings are up along the eastern portion of florida, South Carolina, georgia. Tropical storm watches on the west side. And the wind gusts, vero beach now 71 miles an hour. The driving wind and drenching rains are only expected to get worse as the storm moves onshore. Landfall is expected 3 00 a. M. Tomorrow as a cat 3. Grazing georgia as a category 3 and then continuing along the South Carolina coast, really it will veer back around over the weekend and coming back towards florida as a tropical storm. This cou
Live from the cbs bay area studios this is kpix5 news. Its storm to this is just a taste of a monster hurricane closing in on florida as we speak. Its the most dangerous storm to threaten the Atlantic Coast in a decade. Right now that hurricane is about 125 miles southeast of Cape Canaveral. But florida is already starting to feel the storms punishing effects. These are live pictures from West Palm Beach. You can see how the wind is really starting to pick up and its pouring. States of emergency have been declared for florida and south carolina. The Florida Governor has been dire in his warnings saying it is a monster and this storm will kill you. More than 2 Million People have been forced to evacuate their homes. Nearly 3,000 people are in shelters in florida alone. Cbs reporter don champion is standing by live in orlando, florida, tonight where forecasters predict Hurricane Matthew could be catastrophic. Don . Reporter good evening. Hurricane matthews track jogged slightly to the ea