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. now from abc news dbs 7 news. tracking hurricane matthew, just hours away from making landfall on the florida coast. tone, the national weather service says the effects of the storm will be unlike any hurricane in decades. thanks for joining us. matthew is slowing down tonight but the hurricane could bring devastating storm surges and flooding. we ve seen heavy rains and strong winds. this is daytona beach, florida. notice the deserted streets. mandatory evacuations and a curfew are in effect. this was the scene in west palm beach, florida. strong winds knocked down a powerline creating dangerous sports as you can see. we have team coverage. all of that in a moment. first let s go to meteorologist sandledy batell. the update on this storm just came down, right? it is. as you look at live doppler 7 right now, the storm is about 80 miles southeast of cape canaveral. it has weakened a little bit. take a look at did outer bands of rain, the heavy ebb rain ....
. now from abc news dbs 7 news. tracking hurricane matthew, just hours away from making landfall on the florida coast. tone, the national weather service says the effects of the storm will be unlike any hurricane in decades. thanks for joining us. matthew is slowing down tonight but the hurricane could bring devastating storm surges and flooding. we ve seen heavy rains and strong winds. this is daytona beach, florida. notice the deserted streets. mandatory evacuations and a curfew are in effect. this was the scene in west palm beach, florida. strong winds knocked down a powerline creating dangerous sports as you can see. we have team coverage. all of that in a moment. first let s go to meteorologist sandledy batell. the update on this storm just came down, right? it is. as you look at live doppler 7 right now, the storm is about 80 miles southeast of cape canaveral. it has weakened a little bit. take a look at did outer bands of rain, the heavy ebb rain be ....
we have team coverage. all of that in a moment. first let s go to meteorologist sandledy batell. the update on this storm just came down, right? it is. as you look at live doppler 7 right now, the storm is about 80 miles southeast of cape canaveral. it has weakened a little bit. take a look at did outer bands of rain, the heavy ebb rain beginning to move in over melbourne, fort pierce. here s the lightest stats on this. this is a dangerous category 3 with the 120-mile-an-hour winds. warnings are up along the eastern portion of florida, south carolina, georgia. tropical storm watches on the west side. and the wind gusts, vero beach now 71 miles an hour. the driving wind and drenching rains are only expected to get worse as the storm moves onshore. landfall is expected 3:00 a.m. tomorrow as a cat 3. grazing georgia as a category 3 and then continuing along the south carolina coast, really it will veer back around over the weekend and coming back towards florida as a ....
cbs reporter don champion is standing by live in orlando, florida, tonight where forecasters predict hurricane matthew could be catastrophic. don? reporter: good evening. hurricane matthew s track jogged slightly to the east tonight, but the storm is still a danger and life threatening hours are still ahead. pefully it will be the same thing. officials condemned that kind of over-confidence. (sot: chief michael chitwood / daytona beach pd) you re a fool. this is not like anything you ve seen. (don champion / cbs news / orlando) matthew is packing sustained winds of 140 miles per hour. an 11- fo flood 500 hurricane matthew is making its presence known in florida. if it comes on land, one of the worst hurricanes florida ha ever seen. reporter: the outer has ever seen. reporter: the outer bands starting to pound florida s southern coast with heavy wind and waves late this afternoon. the storm is expected to make landfall near cape canaveral overnight. this st ....
live from the cbs bay area studios this is kpix5 news. it s storm to this is just a taste of a monster hurricane closing in on florida as we speak. it s the most dangerous storm to threaten the atlantic coast in a decade. right now that hurricane is about 125 miles southeast of cape canaveral. but florida is already starting to feel the storm s punishing effects. these are live pictures from west palm beach. you can see how the wind is really starting to pick up and it s pouring. states of emergency have been declared for florida and south carolina. the florida governor has been dire in his warnings saying it is a monster and this storm will kill you. more than 2 million people have been forced to evacuate their homes. nearly 3,000 people are in shelters in florida alone. cbs reporter don champion is standing by live in orlando, florida, tonight where forecasters predict hurricane matthew could be catastrophic. don? reporter: good evening. hurricane matthew s t ....