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minutes. hurricane matthew threatening the entire atlantic coast as eric just showed us. and it could lead to historic evacuations there. florida residents are taking the storm seriously, and they should. matthew has been blamed for 11 deaths in the caribbean. in haiti, winds of up to 125 miles per hour pounded the island nation, leaving behind a trail of death and destruction. officials say largest humanitarian event since a catastrophic earthquake in 2010. people in florida are now bracing for the worst. screens around the porches and we ll be prepared. there are mandatory evacuations for the barrier islands and some states have already canceled school. in south carolina, interstate 26 was packed with drivers racing to get out of the storm s path. our goal is to make sure people get moved out safely, and that they get moved back safely. as the forecast track holds true, some areas of the southeast could see more than 10 inches of rain. causing other prob ....
and along the eastern shore of florida. and as we mentioned. the waves, the damage that we saw across the caribbean. by tomorrow evening, 30-footers just offshore. and that will continue to climb around the coastline as we head to saturday. this is expected to be the strongest hurricane florida has seen in 11 years. 4000-year toss the date. we ll have a look at the in as matthew moves north. there s a mad dash to get out of the storm s path. and that s causing trouble. beth germano is live at logan tonight. reporter: flights to get out of florida are filling up fast. and today we found air travelers lucky enough to change their travel plans at the last minute. not wanting to ride out the potentially dangerous hurricane. it s not often that travelers deb young, she couldn t get out fast enough. all the flights were booked for today and tomorrow. you felt fortunate that you were able to get a seat. lucky, very lucky. reporter: with matthew setting its sights ....
eric it looks like matthew may get stronger as it approaches. that is a kwrn here. this is the latest that is a concern here. this is the latest picture. it was battling off that land interaction today with haiti and cuba. seeing that eye trying to pop out again. the satellite presentation is bert. that is concerning for the better. that is concerning for the bahamas and jamaica. it s moving to the north ws at at ten miles per hour. it s set to hit the entire east coast of florida. there s a tropical storm warning farther inland. here s a look at the track into the overnight and tomorrow morning. the eye is expected to go over nassau in the bahamas towards tomorrow morning. a serious situation there. then as we head towards the afternoon and evening the eye is offshore of miami. coast all the way up of florida. so that is nearly a worst case scenario to the course of late thursday and friday. for us a close call but looks like a miss. what impact it may have on th ....
ready to help out. and florida didn t even take a direct hit. now, as hurricane matthew gradually weakens, the danger, though, is far from over. barry burbank is watching this storm for us. good morning, barry. good morning, carrie, good morning, everybody. look like the storm will make an official landfall shortly. it s about 20 miles to the southeast of hilton head in south carolina as a cat 2 storm, sos tea goes to make landfall here. so they re getting some strong winds. just had a wind gust at 83 miles per and tybee island in georgia had a wind gust of over 95 miles per hour down there. so it s moving onshore. it s got a band of heavy rain, as you can see, right in here over much of south carolina and exiting much of georgia right now. it s heading for north carolina as well as that storm moves in that direction. so you can see the eyewall moving right onto the coastline now. that red area right there, that s the eyewall where the strongest wind, heaviest rain is ....
million people have already been ordered to evook wait. those who don t listen could see a storm surge anywhere from 4 to 9 feet in some places. oh my gosh. oh my gosh we should back away. i know. we were. and this is what a dangerous storm surge looks like. you can see fast moving water rushing past homes. right now, more than 1 million people are without power and there are thousands of national guard members standing by all ready to direct hit and now hurricane matthew gradually weakens the danger is far from over. barry burbank has the latest for us this morning. good morning to you. good morning kerry and everybody. the storm is going to make landfall in the united states. and it s going to be in south carolina. it s located now about 20 miles to the east of hilton head. they have had wind gusts from the i dland island at 96 miles per hour to hilton head hour. so it s in that position moving off to the north northeast at 12 miles per hour. and sending h ....