Off the coast of florida in the atlantic. But the rain is already stretching up to South Carolina and points are closed to all incoming and out going traffic. People here in savannah brace for the worst. If you are in an area thats been told to evacuate and your authorities are telling you that you still have time to evacuate i want to personally plea with you to get out right now. The most powerful storm to threaten the east coast in more than a decade batters the florida coast. Matthew hitting the state with high winds and heavy rains knocking out power for hundreds of thousands. We are very concerned about storm surge. And the worst effects are still likely to come. Officials urging some 2 Million People along the atlantic to move to safer ground. That includes folks in North Carolina where its expected to bring storm surges. You could be impacted by the storm surge well inland. President obama declaring a state of emergency in florida, South Carolina, and here in georgia where the
Matthew. Youre looking at Brunswick County. This is what were seeing here. Jonathan rodriguez is monitoring situation. Governor mccrory is discussing the impact matthew could have on the area. Localel local School Systems will close two hours early today, no after school activities. For the latest path and the impact, lets go fairly soon. We have another update at 5 00 a. M. From the National Hurricane center but were looking at a close view of the storm off the coast of florida. Right off the coast of cocoa beach, port canaveral, you can see the yellows, oranges, and reds. The heavy rain spreading towards orlando, daytona beach, and real jacksonville, florida. Theyre already starting to see well. Winds, latest check with this storm, 120 Miles Per Hour. No, isnt expected to weaken over the next few days just because of its interaction with land. I want to bring you to a closer look at home and you may wake up to a few showers. I know i had to the drive through showers on the way to wor
Emergency to all 100 counties to allow for more resources to move south. School system in the area being proactive, not taking chances. Cumberland and Harnett County schools will close two hours early today. Thousand are leaving their homes ahead of matthew and many ending up in North Carolina to ride out the storm. Leaders still warning people to get out of for the latest on the path of matthew, lets go to Alyssa Corfont. Good morning. Good morning, guys. Good morning to you at home. The latest information from the National Hurricane center, this is still a category 3 hurricane with wind and rain spreading across the east coast of florida. You can see orlando, Daytona Beach on 95 near port canaveral, cocoa beach area. Theyre seeing the worst of the weather right now, very feet there. Jacksonville, florida, and closer to savannah, georgia, southern portions of georgia already starting to see the wet weather. This is not associated with Hurricane Matthew yet. Matthew starts to come into
Were watching it closely and we could have several inches of rain this weekend. Very close to the eye wall here and the eye wall is where we see the heaviest rain and we know its capable of winds in excess of 120 Miles Per Hour. This will approach the coastline this morning with devastating conditions and storm surge to the coast there. Now, locally, were dealing with our own rain not associated with matthew yet. Showers are streaming from the coast and the heaviest rain on the 95 corridor so lets check clayton, goldsboro, clinton, reporting 97 now. We had 50s yesterday. That was nice. 65 durham and 69 rocky mount. You will have to leave for extra time this morning. Showers will continue for us. Theyre around at 3 00, high of 71, breezy and damp as we head toward 6 00, temperature around 69 degrees, and then we the rain and wind of Hurricane Matthew. That comes into play tomorrow. Ill walk you through that in your complete storm team forecast. Well, some coastal towns right now are und
Marley hall has the latest from orlando. Tell us what you know at this point. Reporter Hurricane Matthew is still pummeling the florida coast with powerful wind and rain but so far, the state has been spared a direct hit and Florida Governor rick scott is calling it a blessing. Hurricane matthew with its 120 mileanhour winds is lashing Floridas Atlantic coast. The storm is bringing y northern half of the state. This is still a really dangerous hurricane that the potential for storm surge, flooding, loss of life, and severe Property Damage continues to exist. Reporter more than half a Million People are without power after wind gusts approached 100 Miles Per Hour overnight. Its really important that we get power restored as quickly as we can. Reporter matthews eye is just off shore and moving wall could impact hundreds of miles of shoreline while the storms flooding rains spread well inland. The weather is just starting to go downhill in northern florida and georgia coastline. Reporter