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of at least 11,000 meters above the crater. they say it may have hurled rocks over areas about 1 kilometers in range. rocks and ashes are expected to fall northeast of mount aso. no injuries reported so far. about 1600 households were without power. th japan s defense minister is on her way to south sudan. tomomi inada will check security conditions where japanese self-defense force personnel are deployed. she explained why she decided to see the situation firsthand. translator: it is important for me to see if sdf personnel can be engaged in activities that are both meaningful and safe. she says she hopes her findings will be useful for the government in deciding what duties to assign to an sdf unit scheduled to be deployed in november. sdf personnel in south so you dan are engaged in u.n. peacekeeping activities. they re already training for new duties made possible under national security law that is went in effect in march. up with of the duties could involve ....
joining us now in florida. reporter: hurricane matthew continuing to turn. it s now left the state of florida and has allowed people to get out and assess the damage left behind. here in daytona thankfully only cosmetic damage. no significant structural damage in this area. eyes are on jacksonville now to see what flooding could bring as well as the georgia an north carolina coast. the power is still out in some areas and it s left it eeriely dark. it s hard to see much of anything right here. hurricane matthew made its way into daytona beach. debris being blown in, coming on to the beach surge. nothing too significant. that s the good news here. blessings because they knew if the eye wall had crossed on to land like it was predicted to do it could be much worse being subjected into well over 100- mile an hour winds. the concern now for the georgia- carolina coast. a lot of people still in harm s way from this storm. it s going to have several more days that it can ca ....
we are still a long ways away from hurricane matthew actually arriving here in savannah. right now it looks like it could be, could be a direct hit which savannah hasn t seen since 1898. this is still a really dangerous hurricane that the potential for storm surge, flooding, loss of life, and severe property damage continues to exist. reporter: places like savannah are boarded up and bracing for hurricane matthew as it continues to roar up the east coast causing flooding, downing trees, and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands. it has left a deadly wake in the caribbean, killing hundreds in haiti. when it began blasting florida it was downgraded to a category 3 store but still packing 120- mile-per-hour winds. by mitt afternoon mandatory evacuation s winds had dropped to 115 miles per hour. officials warned this storm is still a real threat. south carolina s governor warns the forecast for her state has gotten worse with major potentially deadly storm surges, ....
category 3 or 4 for a week or at least a week and no hurricane has ever sustained that kind of power for that period of time. so hurricane matthew already kind of distinguishing itself. but again the real concern out here is this storm surge because the height of the storm will hit during high tide, guys. and joel, that storm surge will be delayed at least where you are because you are not right on the coast. it will be the river, actually, surging. there will be some time period there, won t there? reporter: that s exactly correct. so the savannah river is behind us, which lets out into the atlantic and connects to the port of savannah, which is a rather large port. i was told by locals here that the high tide with the savannah river actually is on about an hour to two-hour delay from the atlantic ocean. so, you know, the height of the storm 2, 3 a.m. at high tide, we may not see the effects here until an hour or two later, than is very dangerous. i worked in tucso ....
georgia. abc s lauren lyster is live with the latest on the storm. good morning to you, lauren. good morning. it s hard to believe less than 24 hours ago you could barely walk where i am as hurricane matthew battered this area and worse and now continues north. the deadly hurricane wreaking overnight, matthew bringing deafening rain, storm surge and destruction to south carolina. flooding roads, downing trees, and driving cars off the road. a en eerie light show on this highway as multiple power lines explode. the powerful category 2 hurricane has weakened, but continues to show its force, bringing wind gusts up to 80 miles per hour. north carolina, really, the best thing now is to just hunker down and stay in a safe place, don t move, don t try and move around. this, after pummelling florida. sounded like a train hitting the house. that s all i could say, the wind is just so strong. at matthew, a home security camera captures the moment rushing water goes into ....