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live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everyone. welcome to today . 7:00 on the west coast, 10:00 on the east coast. the irony of the coverage, the people most dramatically impacted of the storm probably can t watch, probably don t have power this morning. high winds, storm surge the real concern this morning. let s get to the very latest on this storm. overnight matthew did weaken ly powerful category 3 hurricane with 120 mile an hour sustained winds. the good news for florida this morning the path shifted slightly east. the bands, though, are still lashing the coast at this hour. here s the number we talked about, nearly 600,000 people in that state already without power this morning. that number probably will grow throughout the day. here s a disturbing reminder of how powerful and destructive this storm has already been. has now skyrocketed to at least 572 people. we have correspondents spread out all across the storm zone. al is goin ....
live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everyone. welcome to today . 7:00 on the west coast, 10:00 on the east coast. the irony of the coverage, the people most dramatically impacted of the storm probably can t watch, probably don t have power this morning. high winds, storm surge the real concern this morning. let s get to the very latest on this storm. overnight matthew did weaken ht powerful category 3 hurricane with 120 mile an hour sustained winds. the good news for florida this morning the path shifted slightly east. the bands, though, are still lashing the coast at this hour. here s the number we talked about, nearly 600,000 people in that state already without power this morning. that number probably will grow throughout the day. here s a disturbing reminder of how powerful and destructive this storm has already been. has now skyrocketed to at least 572 people. we have correspondents spread out all across the storm zone. al is goin ....
welcome to today on a friday morning, florida, north carolina, south carolina, georgia, they have a mess on their hands. we are in the thick of it right now. we re going to get to the latest on the storm. it has weakened slightly but remains a powerful category 3 hurricane with 125 miles sustained winds. gusts up hurricane center. let s begin with ron mott. he is being hit hard in daytona beach right now. ron, good morning to you. reporter: matt, good morning to you. we got the last update last night, 11:00 eastern time. we thought we had a little good news, in that this forecast was going to take the eye of hurricane matthew a little bit further east than some of the early projections. i can tell you, looking at the radar since, it is coming close to the shoreline here at near the worst yet. the winds are blowing very, very strongly at this hour. in fact, we just lost one of the lights just before air time here. so bear with us, we ve got one more here, we hope t ....
welcome to today on a friday morning, florida, north carolina, south carolina, georgia, they have a mess on their hands. we are in the thick of it right now. we re going to get to the latest on the storm. it has weakened slightly but remains a powerful category 3 hurricane with 125 miles sustained winds. gusts up the good news, it has gone to the east. here is what we know. nearly 300,000 people in the state of florida without power this morning. officials are expecting the number to grow throughout the day. overnight, a chilling reminder just how powerful and destructive it can be. the death toll in haiti has skyrocketed to 283 people. we have correspondents spread all across the region. hurricane center. let s begin with ron mott. he is being hit hard in daytona beach right now. ron, good morning to you. reporter: matt, good morning to you. we got the last update last night, 11:00 eastern time. we thought we had a little good news, in that this forecast wa ....
good morning, everyone. welcome to today on a friday morning. for the folks in florida and south carolina and north carolina, maybe georgia, they have a real mess on their hands. we are in the thick of it right now. we want to get to the very latest on this storm. overnight matthew did weaken slightly, but it remains a powerful category 3 hurricane with 120-mile-an-hour sustained winds, gusts up to 150 miles an hour. the good news for florida, it has shifted slightly to the east but these bands are still lashing the florida coast. here s what we know. nearly 300,000 people in the state of florida already without power this morning. officials are expecting that number to grow throughout this day. and overnight, a chilling reminder of just how powerful and destructive this storm can be. the death toll in haiti alone has now skyrocketed to at least 283 people. we have correspondents spread out all across the region. al, of course, will track the storm from our hu ....