the hurricane strength winds. rain coming down. the first effects from hurricane matthew a storm the likes of which we have not seen in more than a decade. we ve already seen heartbreaking images of what this storm can do and the carribbean officials blamed it for hundreds of deaths. and the false scope of the damage is impossible to know at this point as the storm continues to churn at this hour. it continues to change. leaving millions of people wondering what s next? good evening, i m lucy noland. i m iain page. it will be a long night for a lot of people. so far more than 280 deaths in the carribbean blamed on hurricane matthew. the storm is packing winds at 130 miles an hour forcing about 2 million people to leave. first in the storm s path florida where history was made in orlando earlier today. disneyworld did something it s only done four times before. it closed. airports are closed. thousands of flights canceled. amtrak has suspended service between miami and
into the coast. hurricane matthew proving to be as dangerous as advertised. good evening everyone, i m chris o connell. i m dawn timmeney. one of the hardest hit areas in florida so far appears to be saint augustine. this is what the streets there look like right now. some have turned into raging rivers. this is video of the water rushing past casablanca inn on the bay where at least a couple dozen people are trapped including a number of children. the mayor there predicts damage to the city will be widespread. many homes have been pounded by waves and the storm surge could only get worse. fox news says five people have died so far as a result of the storm. two of those were medical related deaths in saint lucy county. they happened after the county was forced to suspend its emergency services. also right now, at least 600,000 people are without power and this could be the worst hurricane impact since 1989 and hurricane hugo. president obama reminding people today this
category 2 hurricane hammering south carolina with winds of 105 miles per hour and heavy rain and dangerous storm surge. people in charleston bracing for the worst. meanwhile, folks in florida assess the damage from what matthew left behind. now i ve got holes in the roof and it s leaking in my kitchen. dylan s tracking it all today, saturday, october 8th, 2016. announcer: from nbc news, this is today live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and welcome to today on this very busy saturday morning. i m craig melvin alongside sheinelle jones and stephanie ruhle is here. dylan dreyer is standing by. charleston being hammered. let s get to it. hurricane matthew barrelling on charleston, south carolina after leaving a path of destruction in florida. we will go live to our team of correspondents in the south. dylan is tracking the storm s path. we will get to that in a few minutes. overnight, political news with the election 31 days away. donald trump apologizing t
a drone too close to helicopters in center city. now police want to put some other drone operators on notice about how to properly use the devices as they continue to grow in popularity. our dave kinchen is live in center city where that drone was found near 29th and chestnut. dave? reporter: iain, last night could have ended in tragedy both for the operators of the philadelphia police chopper and skyfox our helicopter so philadelphia police, they want drone operators to be aware of federal guidelines. first thing you think of mid air collision. mid air collisions don t usually work out well. reporter: scare in the air for chopper pilot rye oxline last night when a drone got too close as he was flying skyfox over an anti donald trump march through center city. this is video of some of the popular drones out on the mark market. everywhere the police helicopter went it was charging the police helicopter. and at one point he was charging us, and he came in through our side
the month of july, including our forecast for tomorrow and thursday. we ve seen half of the month at 90 degrees or hotter already. so, yes, july has been very hot and the heat is going to continue, but it will break before the week is over. that comes with some rain chances, so rain late in the week, showers and thunderstorms into the weekend, and this will be dropping our temperatures down into the 80s, but next week if you look at the seven-day at the bottom of your screen, next week back near 90s. we ll show you that in a second. for tomorrow, expect mostly sunny skies, 92 degrees, if you re in reading, 92 degrees there and the lehigh valley mostly around 90 degrees. east ham township around 91. galloway township 90. rehoboth beach, dover, temperatures near 90 degrees, but you can also see the chance for a thunderstorm. it would mostly be a stray shower or thunderstorm. so here s what it looks like on future weather. 2:30 tomorrow, most of the area is dry, but look in dela