already killing one person there.. after causing more than 280 deaths in the caribbean. matthew has weakened to a category 3 storm this morning.. but still 2 million people have been warned to leave their homes on the east coast. governor rick scott/(r) florida: this storm will kill you. time is running out. we don t have that much time left. chief michael chitwood/daytona beach police dept.: we re not going to be able to save you.. but despite all the repeated calls to leave.. some people are staying put. authorities say a few emergency calls have already come in.. but in most cases there is nothing they can do until the storm passes. florida power and light reports that about 95- thousand customers are already without electricity.. and authorities are expecting mass power outages.. that could take days or even weeks to restore. les krifaton has been tracking the storm.. he joins us now with the latest. great weather in store for us friday between 4 to 8 degrees across
until then the biggest concern is with the smoke. redwood city residents who can smell it are being told to stay in their homes and close all windows and doors. a similar warning has been issued for residents in palo alto as well, and i ve also just been talking to motorists who have asked about the fire, who are driving on the 101, saying that they could mel the smoke and they could see it when the sun was up. so it s a concern further south of us as well. police have given local hospitals the heads up to just in case there are people who are coming in, complaining of respiratory problems. reporting live, abc7 news. typhoon haiyan barrels through asia, heading into vietnam and china now. the storm weakened to 74 miles-per-hour winds today after it reached vietnam and now has the strength of a category 1 hurricane. the damage is already immense. the philippines authorities believe the death toll could reach 10,000. more than 62,000 people were forced from their homes and
facility. we re live with a look at the response. reporter: for the last several hours, seaport boulevard has been shut done has fire crews continue to battle the fire, and right now in the dark you can see the thick plume of smoke is continuing to push up into the sky. for the last couple of hours we have been lucky that the winds have blown that plume over the bay, so we can t smell the smoke right now. but that shelter in place order you just mentioned is in effect for residents in this area. that thick tower of moch spewed into the sky for much of the afternoon. there s not much concern that this fire will spread, so the call never rose before a single alarm fire. but crews are having a tough time dousing the flames because it s burning in a scrap metal pile and it s not easy to get to the core of the flames. they re using cranes to lift the metal off the pile to get to the center of the pile where the fire is. reporter: it still may take hours to put out the fire. unti
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