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nightly news begins right now. announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news, with lester holt. we re tracking matthew. the massive hurricane on the verge of strengthening as it bears down on the bahamas on its way to a possible punishing landfall in central florida. the storm has already taken at least 25 lives on its march through the caribbean. this infrared satellite image of matthew is generated a lot of attention today. appearing to many as a skull to others as an animal. right now computer models show the hurricane walking a narrow tightrope as it reaches the florida coast friday morning, possibly as a category 4 storm. with palm beach among the places preparing for the worst. al roker is watching it all for us. what s the latest guidance? we see nothing that s going to lessen the storm right now. category 3, 205 miles south-southeast of 120-mile-per-hour winds. as you said, by friday morning it s a category 4 between m ....
now. announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news, with lester holt. good evening, we re tracking matthew. the massive hurricane on the verge of strengthening as it bears down on the bahamas on its way to a possible punishing landfall in central florida. the storm has already taken at least 25 lives on its march through the caribbean. this infrared satellite image of matthew is generated a lot attention today. appearing to many as a skull to others as an animal. right now computer models show the hurricane walking a narrow tightrope as it reaches the florida coast friday morning, possibly as a category 4 storm. with palm beach among the places preparing for the worst. al roke certificate watching it all for us. what s the latest guidance? we see nothing that s going to lessen the storm right now. category 3, 205 miles south-southeast of nassau. it s a category 4 between melbourne and miami. and continues its trek hugging the ....
head into the upcoming weekend. this storm has strengthen just a bit and is still a category 3 storm, winds at 120 miles an hour, gusts as strong as 145 miles an hour pickets moving to the northwest at 12 miles an hour burke if you have been paying attention to the storm, you know this is the fastest it has moved in the past 48 hours. it s quickly approaching the bahamas who are under a hurricane warning at the me image of the eye of the hurricane. we will continue to see if this goes on and it could continue to strengthen as well. here is a closer look at the forecast track and what that could mean for us. remember i said, it takes more of a southeasterly turn. long the area of charleston, south carolina is where it looks like it will bend to the east. we are still looking at one mylan 100 mile an hour winds but this yellow cone of uncertainty no longer includes this means less of an us less and less of a factor for us. we will have the complete forecast coming up. ....
this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. pelley: one of the most powerful hurricanes in nearly a decade is on its way to the southeast. watches and warnings are up from the southern tip of florida up the atlantic coast to south carolina. 500,000 people are being urged to move inland. airlines are canceling hundreds of flights, and amtrak is shutting down service in the hurricane matthew, a category three storm with winds as high as 120mph, is blamed for as many as 25 deaths in haiti and the dominican republic. we have a team of correspondents on this story, and first we will go to omar villafranca in the bahamas. reporter: the outer bands of hurricane matthew are starting to pound the island of exuma here in the bahamas, but across the caribbean sea, people beating from the powerful storm. in this town, 145mph winds left path of destruction. the hurricane destroyed hundreds of homes and flooded the streets. the storm toppled trees and knocked out power and ....
this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. pelley: one of the most powerful hurricanes in nearly a decade is on its way to the southeast. watches and warnings are up from the southern tip of florida up the atlantic coast to south carolina. 500,000 people are being urged to move inland. airlines are canceling hundreds of flights, and amtrak is shutting down service in the southeast. hurricane matthew, a category three storm with winds as high as 120mph, is blamed for as many as 25 deaths in haiti and the dominican republic. we have a team of correspondents on this story, and first we will go to omar villafranca in the bahamas. reporter: the outer bands of hurricane matthew are starting to pound the island of exuma here in the bahamas, but across the caribbean sea, people beating from the powerful storm. in this town, 145mph winds left path of destruction. the hurricane destroyed hundreds of homes and flooded the streets. the storm toppled trees and knocked out ....