Streets of savannah overnight, heavy rains and high winds pummelling the city. First responders will not be allowed to respond in conditions that endanger their personal safety. Reporter just the latest stop after matthew lashes floridas east coast friday, relentless winds and torrential rain. Storm surge turning ocean waters into flood waters. Trees fell victim to the condition as did homes and businesses. More than a million florida customers are without power. We still have hurricane warnings and storm surge warning in effect for the entire South Carolina coast. Reporter more than 300,000 South Carolina residents evacuated. Fire department. Reporter charleston firefighters tried to encourage more to leave this low lying city in advance of possible flooding. We try to suggest and say, hey, guys, girls, please evacuate. Reporter matthew continuing its assault on the southeast. Mark barker, nbc news, charleston. And we continue to update our website with the latest information on Hurri
Swimmer guilty. Today brock turners swimming days are behind him and his prison days ahead. Prosecutors say the victim is happy her voice is finally being heard. Its really terrible that that happened. Justice seems to have been served. Zwh theres relief acro reporter theres release across the stanford campus this morning. A jury found turner guilty on all charges of sexual assault. Today a Santa Clara County jury gave a verdict which i hope will clearly reverberate throughout colleges, high schools and everywhere in our county. As can you imagine, this has been a very traumatic experience for her, not just going through it but reliving it through the trial twice. Two bystanders chased the suspect down. I think without them this would have gone either unreported or unsolved. Brock turner remains out on bail tonight. He will be sentenced on june 2nd and he faces up to ten years in prison and will have to register as a sex offender. His attorney declined our request for comment tonight.
Least check, but you can take a look at the board here where theres a mixture of cancelled and on time and just a few delays. Travelers we spoke with taking everything in stride. We have a toddler, two cats in tow, we have one in the oven, and a dog on another airline. Reporter they are moving today from dublin to virginia with a stop at chicagos ohare airport, but their journey may have to overcome one more hurdle, more than 1,300 flights cancelled at ohare and midway airports after a report of a fire in a basement of a chicago area air Traffic Control center. The fire was put out, but police found a 50yearold man with whats called a nongun related self inflicted wound. The fire appears to be ignited by that contract employee, a local issue, not a terrorist threat. The scene is being worked, trying to gather all the evidence, interview all the people, collect all the information so we know whats going on. Reporter the impact to bay area airports could be seen early on with cancellatio