As we go into the evening forecast. Hurricane matthew is roaring up the florida coast. Coast. Towns from Cape Canaveral n worst of the storm today. States of emergency have been declared and more than half a million homes are now without p. Power. Marlie hall is in orlando right now with the late. Latest. NatsHurricane Matthew with its 120mileanhour winds is lashing Floridas Atlantic coast. The storm is brining heavy rain, and flooding tides to the northern half of the state. sot president obama this is stlli a really dangerous hurricane. The flooding, loss of life and severe Property Damage continues to exist. More than half a Million People are without power after wind gusts approached 100 miles an hour overnight. sot gov. Rick scott rflorida its really important that we get power restored as quickly as we can. gfx matthews eye is just offshore and moving parallel to the coast meaning the powerful winds of the eye wall could impact hundreds of miles of shoreline, while the storms flo
Up the coastline. More than one million homes in the Sunshine State are dark tonight after power lines went down. A live look now from folley beach in south carolina. Within the last hour matthew weakened to a category two storm but experts warn it could still produce life threatening winds and flooding. Officials say some weakened to a category 2 storm. And some areas could see a storm su in haiti, cleanup is slowly beginning after that storm devastated communities, killing more than 800 people. And an iowa nonprofit just built orphan guages and dental and medical in that country. And most of that work was destroyed by Hurricane Matthew. Karen has the night off tonight. And were in the weather center. Weve been tracking this the land and we saw the devastating consequence consequences. It got really close to florida. It did not really make landfall. I saw photos out of jacksonville and Saint Augustine and we had roads washed away and the waves coming over land and now as it starts to
To pick up more so officials asked that you leave the sandbags out before then. There are three spots where they can be left. In a driveway as long as one link is clear in the street and only if you are on a street that does not see much traffic. Please leave 6 inches of space between the carbon the sandbag we can put the sandbag in the public rightofway next t street. That is the crest the air between the sidewalk and the road. We have more information about sandbags online. Looseleaf collection starts monday. Pickup will be every other week based on your quadrant. In the northwest and southwest areas pickup starts monday. On the northeast and Southeast Side pickup will start on wednesday. You can still help Hurricane Relief efforts from the corridor by donating money not to organizations Like International red cross, the salvation army, unicef and more. Many people looking for things like emergency supplies, and supplying meals to anyone affected. For more information on how to help
Weather overnight temperatures have dipped to near the dewpoint again this morning resulting in fog. However, it does not appear to be as dense or as big an issue as yesterday morning. High pressure moves over us today bringing even more sunshine. That will help us warm into the low to mid 50s today. A strong area of low pressure takes over the forecast thursday and through the weekend. Ahead of that low we warm up to the upper 60s and might even tie a record high thursday. We stay warm friday but when the cold front clears, temperatures will plummet. Highs will dip to the 30s and 40s. We there is a chance for a few snow showers. Today mostly sunny. Gh n se 510mph tonight a fe 45 wind s 37 mph anchor adlibs traffic red on traffic map major delays yellow on traffic map some delays green on traffic map no we will likely find out today if Brendan Dassy will be released from prison. This after the state of wisconsin files an emergency motion to try and keep keep him locked up. Nicole is in
So with warmer weather than theyre ready to hit the roads. Of transportation fleet of nearly 30 trucks ready to dropped. Transportation supervisor barry thede. Everybodys used to getting back to driving in the winter year that kind of sneaks up on thede reminding drivers of slick bridges this time of basically, we will start when can. But, obviously there are times when were just doing what used on nearby roads last year, and department of transportation workers say they are more than prepared with enough resources for the first big snow. People need to understand out in the open country, were not down, because of the blowing snow just makes it worse, but our main roads in the city blocked by the wind, thats where we will be putting salt down. Are more than prepared with enough resources for the first big snow. People need to understand out in the open country, were not going to be putting a lot of worse, but our main roads in the city blocked by the wind, thats where we will be puttin