Bahamas. Matthew is on track to hit the Atlantic Coast possibly in the charlotte, South Carolina area. Also, people in florida, georgia, carolinas, they are getting ready for the storm, and in some cases they are already evacuating. Sam has new information about the storms track this morning. Shes going to break that down for us in about 15 minutes. Tia here apt home, though, a beautiful weather day for us, right, sam . Samantha gorgeous, beautiful blue skies today. One that sun comes up. No major fog issues this morning either, like weve had the last several mornings. It is 6 01. Were at 60 in cleveland, 59 in akron. Not quite as cool as it has been in the morning. No 40s, 58 out in norwalk and good morning to you down in columbiana. Our coolest spot at 53 degrees. I think a light jacket is just fine at the bus stop. By noon were in the low 70s. This is your school day fo forecast. For the ride home mid to upper 70s, feeling like were approaching summer break its so warm this afternoo
Whipping wind and rain and the eye is still 50miles offshore. We have Team Coverage of this historic storm. You see it right there. Lets go to Lauren Lister in florida. Reporter the category 3 storm is packing winds of up to 120 Miles Per Hour. We are feeling the winds impact with gusty winds, pelting rain and our power getting knocked out. We are having technical difficulties. Lauren lyster live from North Carolina, South Carolina, georgia and florida all under a state of emergency. Yes. They havent seen a hurricane this strong in an decade. Somara theodore has been tracking the storm all week. It wont good giving us a direct impact up here in ahead but i want to show you the magnitude of watches that have been lighting up along florida all the way through South Carolina, georgia and North Carolina. Here is a look at matthew in its entirety. 50miles off the shore is the eye. We are going to zoom in here. I want to show you, this is where the Hurricane Force winds are. Greater than 74m
Smyrna beach, florida. We are hearing so many reports of high winds and the damage is pretty incredible. Lets go right to lauren now. Reporter good morning. The eye of Hurricane Matthew is still 50miles or around there off the coast of florida but the impact of the category 3 hurricane with 120mile per hour winds is really being felt here with pelting rain, major gusts and power outages. Hurricane the brutal conditions intensifying as the eye of the storm pounds cities. Overnight violent winds along the beaches. Gusts in some places clocking in above 70 Miles Per Hour. The storm bringing the look and sound of fireworks in the form of downed power lines, thousands facing outages. Officials fearing up to 3 million may end up in the dark. The National Weather service saying matthew will be floridas governor making this dire warning. Unfortunately this is going to kill people. Reporter already, it has. Matthew taking the lives of more than 100 people as it swept through haiti. The death to
Bowmans watch may provide some insights. Its obvious that the Financial Statement showed that the district spent more. Sometimes its five years, six years i cant comment on how long the levee was passed. It was passed in may of 2011. Reporter that means the projected 2. 7 million sure plus bowman showed actually a 7 million shortfall. And up until this summer, there were no signs of financial trouble. In 2015, bowman and the district were honored for clean and accurate financial record keeping. For the fourth year in a row. It was shortly after that the wheels fell off according to the Ohio Department of education. A spokesperson telling news 5 the districts financial forecast deteriorated significantly. From october 2015 to may of this year. Clearly, the community not cuts coming. Bowman left the district earlier this year. He currently holds the same position in a Sandusky School system. News 5 reached out multiple times for bowman for comment. He has not returned any phone calls. Me
Field advantage against the toronto blue jays. And what was Hurricane Matthew has moved off land and out to sea. This morning the rescue continues as millions of people along the Atlantic Coast deal with record flooding. We knew that was coming, and it did unfortunately. No need to check the mail today. Do people get the mail . I get mail at home. Nichole i get bills, brian good morning. Im brian duffy. Its columbus day. Kids still have school today. This morning you get the kids out the door to the bus, you want a coat on them because its past the point of saying its chilly. Its downright cold out there. Jon loufman is in for sam this morning. Jon if not the kids, you. Kids are hearty and they go in a our part of the world. Its pretty darn quiet across ohio and indiana. The great lakes states are enjoying gorgeous autumn weather. We look at the long view of our city. 45 at 8 00, up to 57 by noon, 60 at 2 00 and i think we top at 61 degrees. And look at all the sunshine all the way thr