>> announcer: nbc10 breaking news. this storm will kill you. time is running out. >> matthew's menace. the hurricane poised to make landfall in florida. >> this storm has got everybody riled up. people are afraid to leave their

house. >> an historic threat to the united states. >> we dealt with charlie, francis, wilma. this is like none of those. >> i'm jim rosenfield, and this is what matthew looks like right now on radar. a monster storm just off the coast of florida right now, and conditions are getting worse by the minute. take a live look at the situation in west palm beach. we've seen trees swaying in heavy winds there. the storm has killed at least 280 people in the caribbean, and that number could rise. president obama declared a state of emergency in florida and south carolina today. 2 million americans are under evacuation warnings, and analysts say matthew could cause $200 billion in damage in the u.s. tonight we have live team coverage on the storm and its impact. we begin with nbc10's randy gyllenhaal live in stewart, florida, about two hours north of miami. what's it like where you are right now? >> reporter: jim, i can tell you in just the past nine minutes or so, we officially lost power

here at our hotel in stewart. we're hearing reports of scattered outages, thousands from palm beach county north. this is early. we still have that storm coming up the coast. it has not arrived yet. much more to come but the devastating effects already being felt here. night fall on the florida coast and wind gusts begin ripping down store signs. people fleeing their homes arrive at hotels. the treadwell family from philly just moved to florida. this is their first big storm. >> it's been blustery, but it's not gotten scary quite yet. the scary part is going to be later tonight. >> reporter: closer to the beach, the winds get even stronger. the intercoastal waterway chopping apart boat docks. palm trees whipping back and forth. some stop signs are hanging on by a thread. all of this with the eye of hurricane matthew still miles and hours away. >> the rain, unbelievable.

i can't barely see. i've never seen anything like this, ever. this is pretty -- this is getting bad. >> reporter: overnight, winds will top 100 miles per hour. storm surges could cause massive coastal flooding. mandatory evacuations got most people to leave town. >> what i am concerned with are the people in the barrier islands that didn't heed the warnings. >> reporter: as florida braces for impact, the warning signs are clear. god help us, one business owner writes, as this category 4 monster approaches the florida coast. and these wind gusts have really been picking up just within the past 30 minutes or so. we are soaking wet out here. the hope among a lot of folks who are staying at the hotel, which just lost power, is that the storm stays off coast, that it does not make contact with the eastern coast of florida. that's still a few hours out to determine if we get a landfall. for now the people here hunkering down, trying to ride out this storm. but for now they'll be doing it without power.

live in statuto >> thank you. for everyone there. that of course the view on the ground. want to take a view of hurricane matthew from nbc10 first alert radar. sheena parveen tracking the storm, just received now information. what's the latest? >> new information, jim, with the storm track. it looks like it may be a little bit more likely that the storm's center could remain offshore of florida. now, of course this could change over the next 12 to 24 hours, but that's what it looks like right now. here is the current information on the storm. category 4 hurricane. winds sustained 130 miles an hour right near the center. moving to the northwest at 13 miles an hour. there you see fort pierce, melbourne, miami is down there. so this is not far off the florida coast at all. take a look at what the current -- the most updated track is showing. a little bit less of florida now in the forecast cone. this center of this could remain offshore, could stay just parallel to florida's coastline by early tomorrow morning, just off the coast of cape canaveral.

that's cape canaveral where it could still be a major hurricane, especially in the center does stay offshore, it would stay a major hurricane. then heading up along the coastline of georgia, south carolina, north carolina as well before taking a very sharp turn out to sea. we still expect that turn and it could go right back into the bahamas possibly as a tropical storm. we'll be watching that closely. at this point, we are still seeing a lot of rain moving into florida. we're seeing heavy rain bands. florida could see 5 to 8 inches, maybe more. the center, about 56 miles off the shore, just about north of jupiter, florida. but, again, it's traveling to the northwest, so it could remain parallel to the coastline. we've seen wave heights as high as 13 feet now. wind gusts near 50 miles an hour. and even and higher wind gusts as you go farther north. 52 mile an hour wind gusts in melbourne. coming up, a closer look at hurricane matthew. also our weekend forecast. that's coming up. let's talk about people trying to get away from this storm.

one sheriff in florida warning that if people don't evacuate, they'll need body bags. interstates turned into evacuation roouts and the airports have shut down. nbc10's drew smith live at philadelphia international airport. you met up with some people, the fortunate ones who made the last flights out. >> reporter: yeah, jim. lucky people because 4,000 flights so far have been canceled. if you take a look up at the board, you can see every city that has that canceled word next to it is a city from florida. these passengers at philly's baggage claim now how lucky they are. >>. i was very thankful and grateful because i got the last seat on the aircraft. >> reporter: several of them moved up travel plans, hopping on the last planes before several florida airports stopped all arrivals and departures. the terminal in miami looks like a ghost town, and outside, a rare sight. no planes at any gates. >> the resort was absolutely

crazy. >> reporter: family vacations to orlando's theme parks were cut short today. >> they said it was kind of weird for disney world to close like that. >> reporter: and a business trip turned into a race to get out for a group of chester county nurses. >> we're very fortunate our flight was on time and we made it out. >> reporter: camden county's michael mancy told us over sky he will ride out the hurricane from the fourth floor of his orlando hotel. >> the only thing i'm more worried about is something flying or really strong wind and breaking the windows. >> reporter: at phl, we met a floridian planning to stay with family in new jersey, thinking of her husband, who stayed behind. >> i just ask for everybody to keep florida in your prayers. it's a very serious thing. >> reporter: the plan is for airports in south florida, like miami, to gradually reopen tomorrow. but if you're planning on traveling from central florida to georgia to the carolinas, you should be prepared for cancellations and delays all the

way through the weekend. live at phl airport. >> thanks from phl. local help is on the way. nbc10 was in northeast philadelphia as first responders loaded up and got ready to head south. members of pennsylvania task force one will help crews in florida with any damage caused by hurricane matthew. 80 members of the new jersey search and rescue team are also being deployed to that area. count on nbc10 and the nbc10 app as we track hurricane matthew. in just a few minutes, we'll show you exactly what kind of damage a category 4 hurricane can bring compared to a category 3. it's an eye-opening demonstration. new at 11:00, a potentially explosive situation defused in gloucester county. skyforce10 over the gloucester county christian school where some world war ii munitions were uncovered tonight. the explosives were found during some excavation work. the county's bomb squad safely disposes of them using a controlled explosion. the cool is built on a former military base. classes have been canceled for

tomorrow. a new jersey transit train was going 21 miles per hour, twice the speed limit, when it crashed into hoboken's terminal last week. that's according to federal investigators. tonight crews removed the wrecked train car from the station. authorities also said the engineer hit the emergency brake less than a second before the crash. that crash killed one woman and injured more than 100 other people. now to decision 2016. tonight, republican donald trump took part in a town hall in new hampshire with new jersey governor chris christie by his side. christie has been coaching trump for the next presidential debate, and tonight's appearance followed a similar format to what's in store for sunday, including a two-minute clock timing each answer. trump, though, denied it was practice, and he also lashed out at hillary clinton, claiming she's not really preparing for sunday. >> debate prep? she's resting. she's resting. and i want to be with the american people. i want to be with the people from new hampshire, and she wants to rest.

>> trump said he will not bring up former president bill clinton's past infidelity during that debate. hillary clinton is off the campaign trail today, but her running mate, senator tim kaine, was in philadelphia. kaine discussed the campaign's education platform with students and educators at spring garden elementary school and then made a stop in pittsburgh. you can catch the second presidential debate this coming sunday at 9:00 p.m. live on cozy tv. if you miss the debate for sunday night football on nbc10, we've got you covered. nbc10's lauren mayk will have a live report from the debate hall right after the game. back to our top story now, hurricane matthew bearing down on florida right now. we've seen incredible images of the damage it's already caused in the caribbean. up next, we'll explain why this category 4 storm is so dangerous. sheena. >> and coming up, i'll show you the latest track on hurricane matthew. what it could mean for the state of florida as we go through the next 12 to 24 hours. also our local forecast. we have some rain for your

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we continue to track hurricane matthew tonight. the category 4 storm approaches landfall in florida. live pictures right here from west palm beach. governor rick scott says the damage will be catastrophic. we'll have another update coming up in just a few minutes. in the meantime, back here in philadelphia, a judge is telling uber and lyft drivers to pump their brakes. the companies are getting cease and desist orders. the temporary agreement legalizing their services during the dnc, it expired at the end of september. nbc10's aundrea cline-thomas joining us outside 30th street station to explain what happens next. aundrea. >> reporter: we reached out to uber and lyft. both companies tell us they're filing appeals. what they will not be doing is stopping operations. but drivers are being more cautious. this man can only look at his uber app, but for now he's not

picking up rides. so if you went there, could you make more money? >> yeah. >> but you're not going there? >> nope, because i can't do that right now. you know, because uber -- >> they were established illegally in philadelphia. still, there was little enforcement. a temporary agreement legalized the ride-sharing apps during the democratic national convention but expired on september 30th. today a judge ordered uberx and lyft to stop operations. >> all cab drivers, we are really happy, and we are surprised. >> reporter: cab drivers, after all, have been protesting against uberx and lyft since they drove into the city. they want the state to require them to be subject to the same regulations as taxis. >> it can ensure public safety, provide drivers protection, provide service people with disability. >> reporter: if caught, the uberx and lyft drivers and the

companies can face a $1,000 fine. the car can be impounded. are you going to be keep driving? >> no, i'm not going to keep driving. like we are hurting, if i got a ticket, how i can pay that ticket. >> reporter: whaen meanwhile, passengers say the convenience is still too good to pass up. >> are you still going to be using uber or lyft? >> yes, definitely. >> reporter: now, we wondered if passengers could face consequences for using these ride sharing apps. we took that question to the ppa, and they said passengers will not be issued fines. meanwhile, state lawmakers are expected to take up the issue in two weeks. reporting live from the 30th street station, aundrea cline-thomas, nbc10 news. now back to hurricane matthew. that storm is not paying us a visit here, but that doesn't mean some people from our area won't be dealing with the impact. you saw the first responders heading south earlier. well, also dozens of local red cross volunteers packed up and headed south today. nbc10 was here at the red cross headquarters in center city.

this group got ready to go to south carolina. volunteers not going to the hurricane zone will be monitoring the storm and taking calls to help people find shelters. so what is the difference between a category 3 hurricane and a category 4? wind speed. the weather channel's mark elliott shows us exactly what that means in terms of damage. >> let's start off with a category 1 storm. and the damage here not too bad. a couple of shingles fall off. we can have some palm fronds bending in the wind but everything basically remains intact. category 2, that's where you really start to feel it. look at the windows of the house. they can be hit from debris from the outside and already start breaking in a category 2. your trees are significantly bent over in the wind, and the siding of the house itself can break, flapping there in the wind, adding to those eerie noises inside. category 3, i've heard only a category 3, but it's not only anything except really bad news. in a category 3, you can have

the door of the house blown in because the winds get so strong. you can have the roof of the house start to flap up and down in the wind as it lifts off those weak points. and a lot of those trees start to fall. category 4, the damage is even worse. you get most trees falling and most of your windows breaking, most of your shingles fly away. then cat 5, which is the highest the category scale goes. by cat 5, no shingles remain anywhere nearby. the holes in the roof get so big that the walls of the house start to fall because they're not attached to anything anymore. there won't be any trees up in the neighborhood. that's just catastrophic damage. but, again, that's just from the wind. there are other impacts from hurricanes, and they all vary through the season. >> what a vivid demonstration there, she no. now we understand what the damage can be like and we hope that everyone in florida does not in fact have to deal with damage like that. >> which is why it's very important to heed the warnings. this is still a category 4

storm, still bringing a lot of rain to florida. storm surge is going to be a big issue, and the wind. now, the main area with hurricane-force wind is right around the center of the storm, extending from that tropical storm force wind a little bit farther. but here is that radar picture as it gets even closer to florida. you can clearly see the eye of the hurricane. it's about 54 miles off florida's coast, directly west -- or east of florida's coast, but it is traveling to the northwest. so at this point, it seems to be moving just parallel to the florida coastline. if we take a wider view out, some of the moisture from this on the northern side -- and this is pretty far north -- extends up into virginia. but of course all the moisture is basically in florida at this point. now we look a little bit farther to the west with our local weather. that line of rain, that's our rain for this weekend. so i'll show you more on that coming up in just a second. closer look at matthew now, category 4, winds sustained at 130 miles an hour right near the center. it's moving to the northwest at 13 miles an hour. so, again, it's just off

florida's coast at this point, and we expect it to get closer as we go into tomorrow morning. so that northwest track could at this point leave it just offshore. if the center stays just offshore, expect it to still be a major hurricane with the warm waters. there is cape canaveral. so by tomorrow morning, it could be a major hurricane right off cape canaveral. so i expect many areas along the coast to be receiving hurricane force winds tomorrow morning. then by tomorrow afternoon, it continues up towards jacksonville, possibly as a category 3 at that point. could remain just offshore, and then into the weekend we start to see it turning up towards the south carolina coast and of course taking that very dramatic turn out to sea, looping around, weakening, possibly heading back towards the bahamas, but that's not until next week. that could obviously change a bit until we get there, but at this point, something we're definitely watching. here's a look at the wind radius around the storm. the red showing you the hurricane-force winds. the yellow showing you tropical storm force winds. as we go through time here into

tomorrow morning when it's right off cape canaveral's coastline, hurricane-force winds could extend to daytona beach. you see the tropical storm force winds closer to gainesville. if that continues on the track we are seeing at this moment, we could see hurricane-force winds as far inland as jacksonville by tomorrow evening. then all that starts to kind of weaken as it starts to head offshore. but something that florida obviously is watching very closely. we'll be updating it too as we go into tomorrow morning. local weather here, though, we don't have to worry about matthew. tomorrow is going to be a nice day. expect mostly sunny skies, comfortable temperatures, but saturday is when we start to see changes. the cold front i just mentioned, 8:30 saturday morning already seeing some showers moving in through saturday afternoon. we're going to see showers around saturday evening. the rain is going to be here and then by sunday, we start to see it all move out just to our south, though. that is where matthew will be with the heaviest rain. now, make sure you tune into nbc10 news today starting at 4:30 tomorrow morning. our morning team will be

tracking hurricane matthew all through the night, so you want to wake up with the latest information on what the storm did while you were sleeping. coming up, we'll take a look at your weekend forecast. other news tonight, a special ceremony honoring local heroes for their service to our community. a packed house in fact inside the national liberty museum in old city for the 11th annual awards of valor ceremony. five teams and nine individual active duty first responders were presented with awards for thk acts of heroism. hairy hairston was the mc of tonight's event. we'll be right back.

people raised a glass for a good cause tonight at villanueva university. nbc10 anchor keith jones served as mc for the seventh annual taste of wine on the main line. guests sampled wine and craft

beers while raising money for the greater philadelphia chapter scholarship fund. the eagles return from their early season bye this sunday in detroit, but that isn't stopping jon dorenbos from having a little fun. he got in a little tailgating at tonight's grand opening celebration at mark's jewelers in montgomeryville. what, no magic? i was waiting for the trick. danny pommells. >> everybody loves john dor enboss these days. i'm danny pommells. wait till you hear what defensive coordinator jim schwartz has to say about his players. joel embiid steps on the floor in a sixers uniform. we'll show you what the big man did tonight. that's next.

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we didn't have this monster storm to the south, we'd be really happy with our weather. it's nice. >> our weather tomorrow is going to be really nice. we have this big hurricane off the coast of florida, but it's not going to affect us. so tomorrow upper 70s to mid-70s. sunny. going into the weekend, we do have a rain chance saturday, so we will see scattered showers. fot related to matthew. by sunday, those showers moving out. we clear up and temperatures will be cooler. in the 60s, not too bad. but we will be tracking matthew tomorrow morning. >> that's nbc10 news at 11:00. i'm jim rosenfield and for sheena and everyone, thanks for watching. have a great night. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- ben affleck. sarah paulson. musical guest, green day.