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
Here is the latest. Matthew weakened slightly as it moved closer to the u. S. It is now a category three storm with sustained winds 120 miles per hour. Hurricane force winds extend 60 miles from its center. Matthew is expected to remain a dangerous storm as it heads north and will be near or over the georgia and South Carolina coast tomorrow. At least 330 people are reported dead in three caribbean nations, most in haiti. More than 200,000 florida residents have already lost power. States of emergency have been declared in florida, georgia, and South Carolina. The wind and rain picked up near port st. Lucie overnight but the potential storm surge is the main concern. Dangerous storm surge could raise water levels by 11 feet in some coastal areas and producing devastating flooding. Greg angel, of our West Palm Beach station, wpec is in vero beach where flooding is a major concern. What are conditions like this morning, greg . Reporter good morning, annemarie. As you see just from our sh
Haiti. Matthew already slammed parts of the caribbean and haiti alone its left more than 100 dead. Back Home National guard troops have been called up. Many Senior Citizens and hospital patients in coastal areas are being moved inland. Evacuate, evacuate, evacuate. Are you willing to take a chance to risk your life . With gas, food and other staples in short supply in many places, and hundreds of flights ca to take advantage of emergency shelters. Its too risky to stay. And just wanted to stay safe and really hope we have the grace to accept the aftermath. And that was joel waldman reporting. We just got word that 283 people have now been killed in haiti from that storm. 283. Quite an increase from what we had earlier. Dave munsey is tracking Hurricane Matthew and joins us well we are taking a look at it and to see whats going on as far as the moisture content, there is a lot of flooding with it. And there is a lot of wind with this particular storm as well. A lot going on in the Unite
Three storm with sustained winds 120 miles per hour. Hurricane force winds extend 60 miles from its center. Matthew is expected to remain a dangerous storm as it heads north and will be near or over the georgia and South Carolina coast tomorrow. At least 330 people are reported dead in three caribbean nations, most in haiti. More than 200,000 florida residents have already lost power. States of emergency have been declared in florida, georgia, and South Carolina. The wind and rain picked up near port st. Lucie overnight but the potential storm surge is the main concern. Dangerous storm surge could raise water levels by 11 feet in some coastal areas and producing devastating flooding. Wpec, a correspondent is there where flooding is a major concern. What are conditions like this this morning, greg . Reporter good morning, annemarie. We are in the midst of Hurricane Force wind. We are now here in vero beach. Boats are tied up here behind me. This is part of the intracoastal. The boats ar
Need acting lessons because she is a scientist. I like that. And that is katie. You dont want to see my acting skills. Actually, i do. No, i have seen it, she looks like a crazy person in a cornfield. See . I i want to see that. Why do i have to be in a cornfield . I dont know, just through that in, part of the picture. Okay. So, as we turn our focus here to the weather in all seriousness, of course, we continue to talk about Hurricane Matthew it is very, very shear size, part of the reason, that were seeing so many people affected by it, but of corpse, just shear strength, it is the reason that so many people have also been now evacuated. Meantime here at home, it is very, very tranquil. But lets turn our focus to the south eats, where the storm system continues to churn again as very strong category three, hurricane depending upon it landfall regardless whether it actually strikes land or not, still bringing devastating impact to the florida shore line as well as up the coast through