Berlin, charleston, South Carolina Lauren Lyster smyrna beach script nats new best rain and wind Hurricane Matthew nats overnight,violent winds along the beaches. Gusts clocking in above 70 miles per facing outages. Officials fearing up to 3 million may end up in the dark the National Weather service saying matthew is going to kill people. The death toll there skyrocketing as the floodwaters residents thursday preparing. Filling up those final Sandbags Stores are boarded up. Their shelves bare more then 3 Million People urge evacuate here and in the carolinas . Some refusing to go. best mos from person who refused to leave weathering the storm but many getting out clogging the highways for miles while nearly 4,000 flights have been cancelled tag you already have out on the dock loose verbate a big concern here the storm surge in this area its fearful this waterway could rise you can see it already is at my ankles its typically two o below the dock. In new smyrna beach, im Lauren Lyster
Killed in Port Saint Lucie florida. Farther north people in georgia all the way to the carolinas are being told to leave before its too late. This storm is still heading up the east coast. Now. Matthew is moving toward jacksonville. You can see how intense the wind is right now. Meteorologist greg bennett is from florida. And has had his eye on this storm all week. Greg. Where is mattheh it wx High Pressure centered within colorado has extended its reach into the southwest along with moderately stable midlevel air. This is keeping mainly sunny skies common along with mild winds between 5 and 15 mph and temperatures within the low and mid 80s. As we move though the weekend, high temperatures gradually climb back into the lower 90s and upper 80s; with sunday and monday ranging between 87 and 92 degrees. Clouds look to build moving into monday afternoon as a front passes to the north of significantly for the valley during this time and now just clouds build are more likely thanks greg one
Lows 58 to 62 on the west side of the valley. 59 to 63 on the east side. Northwest winds up to 10 mph. Satr highs 82 to 85 on the west side of the valley. 84 to 88 on the east side. North winds up to 10 mph shifting to the east in the afternoon. Saturday night. Partly cloudy. Lows 63 to 67 on the west side of the valley. 64 to 68 on the east side. Winds generally light becoming west up to 10 mph after theres an easy way to help donate money to help support the American Red Cross Disaster Relief effort following Hurricane Matthews. At and t customers can text matthew to 90999 to make a 10dollar donation. The charges will appear on your wireless bill. As weve been showing you. Hurricane matth especially hard. Were getting new video right now of the flooding and devastation. The number of People Killed is now estimated at more than 500. Haiti had yet to recover from a devastating earthquake 6years ago when the hurricane hit. Theyre now worried about a cholera outbreak. We will continue to
Cedar Rapids Police are cedar rapids cedar Rapids Police are starting to police are cedar cedar rapids cedar Rapids Police are starting to worry about an increase in crime that could lead to guns ending up in the wrong hands. Hands. This year there have been 18 firearms stolen from cars many left unlocked. Two of the weapons ak 47s. Police chief wayne jerman says between 2014 and 2015 and with the year not yet over we are quickly approaching that number now. It certainly goes against responsible gun ownership that we are trying to advocate for. Again, a firearm is a lethal weapon, its by no means similar to a laptop computer or cell phone or other items that are frequently stolen police ask you to always lock your doors and never leave valuables in the car. Also as cold temperatures approach even though its nice to already have the car warmed up police say if youre not careful someone else could be driving off in it. A vinton woman will spend nearly four years behind bars for forher ro