Their new home. We spoke with them and were live with more on whats happening there. Reporter jeff and debbie and theyre two teenage daughters moved to jacksonville just last week. Today theyre being officially welcomed to the area by Hurricane Matthew. But theyre taking it in stride. Trees are starting to go ahead and blow, the winds starting to whip up. The rivers starting to get really, really nasty reporter jeff and debbies new home is located 18 feet above sea level. The surge, you know, is supposed to be somewhere around seven to 10 feet. Were pretty far inland. Were about 12 miles inland from the ocean. Theres a choke point in jacksonville. So we feel like, you know, the surge is not going to be as significant this far inland. Reporter despite a flee by floridas governor to plea by floridas governer to evacuate, as a family they decided to hunker down. Water, so we feel like were pretty safe from that standpoint. Reporter but jeff says he does have some concerns about their new
Georgia. Abcs Lauren Lyster is live with the latest on the storm. Good morning to you, lauren. Good morning. Its hard to believe less than 24 hours ago you could barely walk where i am as Hurricane Matthew battered this area and worse and now continues north. The deadly hurricane wreaking overnight, matthew bringing deafening rain, storm surge and destruction to South Carolina. Flooding roads, downing trees, and driving cars off the road. A en eerie light show on this highway as multiple power lines explode. The powerful category 2 hurricane has weakened, but continues to show its force, bringing wind gusts up to 80 Miles Per Hour. North carolina, really, the best thing now is to just hunker down and stay in a safe place, dont move, dont try and move around. This, after pummelling florida. Sounded like a train hitting the house. Thats all i could say, the wind is just so strong. At matthew, a Home Security camera captures the moment Rushing Water goes into a home. Roads getting rushed
People. Catastrophic storm search breaching dunes. Crashing into homes. Submerging streets and flooding cities. Powerful winds uprooting trees and downing power lines leaving more than a people in the dark and the worst of it is not over. I cannot emphasize more lifethreatening rain. The very latest on where the monster storm is this morning and where its headed next. Good morning, on a saturday with two major breaking stories. Yeah, as we come on the air, Hurricane Matthew is slamming georgia and South Carolina. Rob and ginger are on the ground along with the whole team. Much more but well start with the breaking news in the race for president. Overnight donald trump releasing this video statement in which he certainly is and heres the source of this new controversy. This recently unearthed videotape from 2005. It was shot by the entertainment show access hollywood. Trump can be overheard making extremely lewd comments about women. Yeah, with the second president ial debate coming up
Just minutes. First, Kevin Skarupa is back and joins us in the Weather Center with a look at the weekend. A little bit after change today as opposed to gradual clearing. The very northern extent of Tropical Cyclone matthew. Youll notice the focus through the mid atlantic state. Its going to have lighter shower activity out there which as weve been talking about lately, we can use any sort of raindrops, maybe a third of an inch closer to the shoreline, so the highs in the 50s, cooler than lately with a breeze out of the northwest and the cooler air sticks around. The coldest of the nights coming out ahead as well as your sunshine in just a few minutes. Cyclone and continues its destruction. Hundreds of water rescues have taken place. Dams are in danger of failing at any moment. Abcs Lauren Lyster is in st. Augustine, florida. In North Carolina, matthew bringing deadly, recordbreaking floods. Oh, come on, sweetie. More than 500 rescued across the state as streets became river rapids. In
Rath. Recordbreaking flooding in North Carolina. Evidence of natures fury. I raised my kids here. Took my heart out. Done. The death toll climbing. You guys okay . Sections of South Carolina and georgia still under water. Responding as a whole community and unified in the effort. And surveying the damage of parts of this storm where the big cleanup begins. We have complete coverage as we take you to the hardest hit areas. And as we say good morning on this sunday we are in the midst of what might be the wildest weekend and what has been the most unpredictable president ial race in memory. Just hours away from the second president ial debate. Theres the stage in st. Louis the gravist crisis in his brief by fiery political career. Trump greeted supporters outside of trump tower in new york city saying hes never dropping out of the race but facing an outright revolt within his own party. Theyre rebuking their nominee, withdrawing endorsements and some calling on him to get out of the race