Nearly 300 people were killed. But with many areas inaccessible, that number could multiply. At least two hurricanerelated deaths in port st. Lucie florida. I just want to emphasize to everybody that this is still a really dangerous hurricane. Reporter that danger now shifting towards georgia and the carolinas. Officials there urging people especially in coastal areas to evacuate as Hurricane Matthew makes its way north ward. This is going to hurt. Were trying to reduce the amount of lives lost or harm done as much as we can. Reporter while here theres some light rain and wind gusts left behind from matthew along with Power Outages and in some areas, a lot to clean up. Its time for a check of the forecast. Melissa magee is at the big bored. We continue to track Hurricane Matthew as it moves out of georgia into the carolinas. All of today we had been noticing that the center of matthew has been well offshore or at least off the coast of florida. Right now it is between jacksonville and
Landfall a couple of hours ago south of charleston, South Carolina. Lets give you a reference where we are. North carolina, South Carolina, georgia, florida, charleston is right there. This little shade of red. Thats the eye wall that came onshore 2, 2 1 2 hours ago, thats where the 105mile an hour winds are. Thats where were seeing the tremendous amount of flooding because of the storm surge. Look at the shield of rain in the carolinas, charlotte, raleigh, wilmington, Cape Hatteras as the rain runs parallel to the coastline theerng owe ethis evening, into the overnight. 50 to 80 Miles Per Hour sustained winds constant wind speeds with higher gusts. A storm surge a wall of water on top of normal tide between 5 and 7 feet. Rainfall totals 8 to 12 inches isolated heavier amounts to 15 and there could tornados out there. Look at the rainfall totals. This shade right here is 8 to 12 inches of rain. Florence, 8. At a itville at a the wynfield is 39 Miles Per Hour or higher. Thats Tropical S