This morning then gradual clearing. Temperatures will cool through the morning and hover in the low 60s this afternoon. Clear and chilly for friday night football, lows by early tomorrow will drop into the upper 30s and low 40s. Sunny for the weekend with upper 50s saturday and low to mid 60s sunday. Increasing clouds on monday with a few rain showers possible overnight. Today morning showers then mostly sunny. Breezy and cool. High 64 dewpoint 48 wind wnw 1020 mph tonight clear and chilly. Low 41 dewpoint 41 wind nw 510 mph anchor adlibs traffic red on yellow on traffic map some delays green on traffic map no delays the east coast bracing for Hurricane Matthew this morning. More than 280 people were killed when the storm swept through haiti. Angelica duria joins us in studio with the latest on how its impacting the us. Storm. The storm is expected to stay that way as it moves along floridas coast. The hurricane brings winds near 120 miles per hour. The storm is expected to pound the a
East coast in more than a decade batters the florida coast. Matthew hitting the state with high winds and heavy rains, knocking out power for hundreds of thousands. Scott says . We are still very concerned about storm surge and the worst effects are still likely to come. Officials urging some two Million People along the atlantic to move to safer ground. That includes folks in South Carolina, where matthew is expected to bring high storm surges. Quagliariello says . It doesnt matter that you dont have a beach front home you can be impacted by the storm surge well inland, you need t president obama declaring a state of emergency in florida, South Carolina, and here in georgia, where the governor put the entire coast under evacuation orders. Its the first Hurricane Evacuation on the georgia coast since 1999. Obama says. Do not be a holdout here because we can always replace property, but we cant replace lives. On cam tag officials here in the south have been warning people to take this s
Construction of massive pumping stations that would eliminate the need for giant for pumps in the streets. One Council Member says the recent scare may help convince federal officials to move the city higher for flood protection funding. I think there are a lot of people who looked at the flood of 08 and said that was a one time event that will never happen again but the events of the last 10 days convinced us that absolutely can happen and in about a year, flood protection will be hard to miss. The approach to 16th avenue will be guarded by 13foot tall flood walls. City leaders say despite some Lessons Learned one thing still isnt clear. Thats how to pay for it all. The estimated price tag for permanent flood protection is slightly more than 600Million Dollars and no ones figured out where to get it all yet. Live in cedar another sign of permanent flood protection in cedar rapids is the sale of this hotel and restaurant to the city. The owners of the best western coopers mill recently