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fierce wind, gushing waters, and flying debris. hurricane matthew whips central florida s coast friday morning, battering areas like daytona beach and st. augustine with 120 miles per hour winds. and as northeastern florida now braces for impact. we re focused on jacksonville, there s potential for reporter: coastal communities in georgia, south carolina, and north carolina are also on notice. as hurricane matthew continues on its path. storm force winds that are affecting the state of georgia and will continue to do so. we re told for about the next 24 hours. it is getting worse. and so we are looking at major storm surges. we re looking at major winds. the greatest impact in north carolina will be saturday to be on guard. those of you who live in georgia, as they should be paying attention, because there s been a lot of emphasis on florida but this thing is going to keep on moving north through florida into south carolina. there are large population center ....
south carolina, and curling very close to the coastline for them as well, so it s the georgia coastline, the south carolina coastline that are both going to be hugged by this, and even a part of the southern part of the north carolina coastline, before a veers out to sea and weakens to a tropical storm. and this is sunday at 2:00 p.m. and into monday at 2:00 p.m. and look at this, this loop back around to the bahamas, yeah, it s a very weak storm, a tropical depression, forecast to loop around. what s left for us is not to see the storm come at us, but the tr us, can enhance the rainfall. we ll talk about that coming up in a few minutes. mark: so far, haiti is dealing with the worst devastation in matthew s wake. reuters is reporting more than 800 people have been killed because of the hurricane. the poverty ravaged country has been struggling to recover from flood waters and now flood waters cut off many remote areas. the president today pushed for help. so i would ....
and to the right of it in particular, it s moving north at 12. by 2:00 a.m., near savannah, georgia, the question is, inlands at that point, or is it still over the water, hugging the coastline, churning up by charleston and myrtle beach by 2:00 p.m. tomorrow afternoon. there s going to be some of that rain surging northward towards southern new england too, i ll show you how that impacts your weekend plans just ahead. vanessa: as matthew dumps inch after inch of rain, this here is what officials are worried about storm surge. it happens when rising water is pushed o everything in its path. this home is inundated with its water in palm coast florida this morning. do we have that picture for you? apparently not. officials across the south are expecting more scenes like this in the coming hours. we are very concerned about the storm surge, and the worst effects are still likely to come. storm force winds are affecting the state of georgia and will continue to do s ....
mike: a beautiful october morning. we had a gorgeous day yesterday. today, the sunshine is going to be fading away. we re also keeping an eye on matthew. look at that eye now. about 20 miles off of hilton head island. you can see spiral bands. it s a powerful category 2 storm. wind gusts at hilton head, 81 miles an hour. you ll also notice this has a lot of rain trying to work its way in. some of that moisture may try to get into our forecast tomorrow. the main storm will stay to the south. it will become a later tonight and loop its way out into the ocean, and this may actually make a run at florida as a tropical storm or a low-pressure system as we talk about later next week. around here today, this is what we re dealing with. sunshine this morning. fading away to cloud cover this afternoon. about 68 degrees for a high temperature in boston. however, i have some rain coming in the forecast late tonight and talking about especially tomorrow morning, mainly the southeas ....
boston s news leader. good morning. this is newscenter 5 s eyeopener. doug: good morning, everybody. it s 6:00 saturday, october 8:00. i m doug meehan. shayna: i m shayna seymour in for antoinette this morning. it s 47 degrees. no rain. so we re feeling, right now, nothing what they re experiencing down south. hi, mike. mike: good morning, good morning. yeah, they are still getting some powerful winds and rain down through the carolinas, skirting along the florida coast. worked its way along the georgia coast. now hilton head highlands. island. i ve seen gusts over 80 miles an hour. these wind gusts extend way out in the center of that. long way to the north into parts of almost virginia. what this system will do is continue to track along the carolina coast and by the time we get to late tonight, early tomorrow morning, it will do a right-hand turn and begin this loop heading its way offshore, but maybe trying to sweep its way back in as a leftover go away. we ll be ....