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places may become quote, uninhabitable for weeks and month. s damages are just coming in from south florida and they will continue as they pass each county, this has only passed half of our state this is not over. power lines are down across the state hundreds of thousands without power but despite reap peted calls to evacuate. get out if are you told to evacuate. predictions of a dangerous storm surge. we run the numbers and history shows that nine out of ten historically, in landfall or close to lan fall have been due to water. some people say they are staying put. we think we ll be okay but nobody know sfknows. back here this is a live picture from philadelphia international airport, there are flight delays and cancellations but some airports in south florida are reopening. hurricane matthew caused 3,000 flights to be canceled over the last few days. now for the latest lets head over to melissa magee at the action news big board. reporter: we have th ....
states. we re going to lauren lister in new smyrna beach, florida with the latest on matthew, lauren. reporter: good morning, it is hard to believe less than 24 hours ago you could barely walk where i am as hurricane matthew battered the area. it left behind down trees and worse and now it continues to move north. the deadly hurricane wreaks havoc as it moves up the coast. flooding roads and downing trees, and driving cars off the road. on a erie light show on this highway as multiple power lines explode. the powerful category two hurricane has weakened, but continues to show its force bringing winds gusts up to 80 miles per hour. states of emergency declared in georgia, south carolina and north carolina. the best thing is to hunger down and stay in a safe place. reporter: this after pummeling florida. sounded like a train. as matthew barreled through palm coast, a home security captures as rushing water crashes into a home. full roads getting washed away. saint ....
beach florida with the latest on matthew and the conditions you re seeing there, lauren. reporter: no audio. hurricane matthew moving in orderward up the coast now slamming parts of georgia and the carolinas. the best thing now is to hunker down stay in a safe place don t more, don t try to move around. reporter: in florida, the storm claimed fowrve lives and left four lives, and left behind a trail of damage. jacksonville, the flooding extending for blocks. saint augustine nearly 2 dozen people including children were trapped at this bed and breakfast by the rising water. farther south, roads washed away while wind gusts topping 100 miles per hour tore down power lines and trees. we heard a boom and seen it come down. reporter: in haiti utter devastation. the death toll at nearly 300, by one account it tops 800 and rising. meanwhile, hurricane matthew is weaker yet 26,000 people in the carolinas are heeding the warnings and taking no chances, riding out hurri ....
landfall a couple of hours ago south of charleston, south carolina. let s give you a reference where we are. north carolina, south carolina, georgia, florida, charleston is right there. this little shade of red. that s the eye wall that came onshore 2, 2 1/2 hours ago, that s where the 105-mile an hour winds are. that s where we re 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 o ....
the south getting into the delmarva, there s another band closer to the shore. we ll zoom to the one in philadelphia. route 1, jenkintown, philadelphia, moderate to occasionally heavy rain. lots of ponding on the roads, you need to allow yourself extra time take it easy on the roads this morning. lots of ponding and reduced visibilities out there. there s this band work it s way off the coast sea isle city to cape may. this band in particular is heavy. national weather service issued a flood advisory in effect for cumberland county and cape may county and southeastern portions of atlantic county because of heavy rain. look at the totals from yesterday afternoon to the present, cape may, 2.32-inch. dover, 1.3. philadelphia, 3/4 of an inch. cloudy and damp morning rain, lunchtime skies brighten up, it s breezy and cooler this afternoon with the return of sunshine highs around 63. nydia? chris, thank you. this morning a delaware county mother is grieving the loss of he ....