hurricane matthew has been downgraded to a category 2. the waves are ripping up there in myrtle beach. >> florida is bracing for another damaging blow, a devastating storm surge, strong windsnd rain continue -- -- right now, more than a million people are without power. >> the worst storm in nearly a decade has left its mark. it has taken a deadly toll since it s caribbean earlier this week. the death toll at 800, we'll go live to the area jacksonville, florida. >> hurricane matthew a strong category 2 storm. if it was one mile of the winds more, then it would be a category 3. we are still talking about a big storm. it has done nothing but slap the east coast of water with a wall of water. jacksonville, the eye 50 miles

jacksonville beach bringing the atlantic ocean into the streets there and in saeupbtd/ augustine, below us, they have turned the streets into streams of water, reaching to the doorway. we are not quite out of the woods, yet. fierce winds, gushing water. and flying debris. hurricane matthew whips coast, battering areas like daytona beach and saint augustine with more than one hundred mile-per-hour winds. as northeastern florida braces for impact -- -- >> folks in jacksonville, there is the potential for significant flooding. >> coastal communities in florida, north carolina and georgia on notice as hurricane matthew continues olg/ on its path.

told i for the next 24-hours. >> it is getting worst. we are looking at mange storm surges. looking at major winds. >> the greatest impact in north carolina, saturday through sunday morning. reporter: president obama urging residents in the areas to be on guard. >> those of you that lead that live in georgia should be paying taepbg/. there has been a lot of emphasis but it will keep moving north. there are large population centers there that could be vulnerable. reporter: that's what it appears matthew will do once it is done here in jacksonville, move up towards the barrier islands, low lying areas in georgia and south carolina expected if it makes landfall, it could happen tonight in the savannah area or tomorrow morning in charleston, south

to you. >> still coastal communities in the south are preparing for the worst. jeremy is tracking hurricane matthew for us. 40 miles east, northeast of jacksonville, florida, category 2 storm, perhaps beaufort, south carolina or charleston, south carolina did, it will parallel the coastline. it has been hesitant to make landfall in the united states. never did that in florida. pass south east of wilmington, tomorrow to sunday morning. from there, it loops back to the south. it weakens significantly, you see the red line taking it back towards the bahamas, middle of

tropical depression. not a repeat of what we are dealing with. there is the eye wall off shore. critical and the eye never made landfall. the wind stayed off shore. jacksonville and saint augustine getting out of the brunt of the rain and the wind. concern will be the storm surge because the storm has been childrening east of florida all day, shoving water ahead of itself water will get piled up leading to a storm surge possible between 6 feet and 9 feet. waves come crashing right in, rising almost to the top of that glass. flooding has been a information concern, leaving homes, businesses and streets under water. alex is live with the impact of the storm. >> officials have urged people

in northern florida to evacuate, but some stayed. they say storm surge and hurricanes are usually the bi biggest killer. >> how many kids are in there? 20. reporter: in saint augustine 20 adults and children are surrounded by water at an inp$ the mayor urged everyone to evacuate, but the group said they don't want to leave. >> they said they don't wish to have any assistance to have any assistance.ty time, none of our first responders are going out in the storm. reporter: other parts of the coastal city have been inundated with water. in palm coast near jacksonville, water is being pushed up against homes, glass doors, the only thing preventing waves from coming into a living room. in daytona beach, the water is going on a sea wall at the hill

into a bathroom. officials say it is the biggest killer. >> we tend to talk a lot about wind and power outages. it's about the damaging, life-threatening storm surges we will see in the coastal communities. >> emergency crews will respond to calls. right now, they say to calls. right now, they say it is simply too dangerous. >> so the waves and wind causing serious continues with our team coverage live in daytona beach, florida. what do you know? here in daytona beach, things are calming down with winds of up to 60 miles per hour. debris flying everywhere. i have shown you some of the damage we have in our area. across the stroet/ from where we are standing, this billing

streets. we heard this aluminum siding laying out in tpropb/ of the building, it was rattling along the street. thing blown around for the wind, people here in central florida, breathing a sigh of relief. finally getting a chance to assess some of the damage. with that said, we do see it moving over jackso jacksonville. it's at a category 2 on the brink ofbe sustained winds one 10 miles per hour, still a big storm being felt across the northern part of florida, taking aim at the carolinas, specifically charleston. all eyes on matthew. sara rosario, back to you. stay with us as we follow hurricane matthew. you can track it at any time on our website or by using our mobile apps.

for a murder suspect or suspects. an elderly man was murdered in his own home. his wife, badly injured and rushed to the hospital. kimberly book pha+p/ has the latest. reporter: the scene is cleared at the home behind me, but the investigation is hardly over for the victim's family. attacked in their home in a home invasion. 935 -year-old thomas hardy and 77 -year-old told until the next morning when a home health aide came b by. john hardy said despite his older brother's age, he was a healthy and active man who still worked as a salesman and was planing to lead a hike to the grand canyon next week. >> he was a mountain climber. he climbed every mountain in tphaoepbg/. reporter: during the attack attacks, hardy died. his wife

injured, but survived fisher's son said he is leaving it up to police to find the people responsible. >> obviously, they are cowards. i can't wait to meet them. reporter: the district attorney's office is turning to the public for help. releasing this picture of a corolla similar to the one stolen during the home invasion. as clean up the crime scene, loved wrupb/ s are in mourning. >> he is in heaven, right now. that, i know. reporter: fisher was taken to. : mass in wooster, her family tells me she's doing okay. >>. >> a car barreling into a home in belling ham, the car went through the wall. the car crashed the roof, police say an

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we continue to track hurricane matthew. taking a live look at myrtle beach, south carolina where srabg/ s are in order. the governor there telling everyone to get out because the storm is approaching. >> we have been following this all day. the storm has been downgraded. >> w once were, moving from a category 3 to category 2 storm. think of it as the stove making your dinner, when you suddenly turn the stove off, there is heat there. even though the storm as gone from a cat 3 to a cat 2. a lot of energy, wind, rain, not much stpaebgt/ ed guy georgia and south carolina. you are not g going to notice the difference.

storm surge, 6-93 feet on the georgia coastline as well as south carolina up to charleston. north of there, 4 to 6 foot storm surge. you have heard that all day. what is it? well, you have the hurricane over the ocean, there is land back there, as the storm is barreling towards the coastlin coastline, it's generating a lot of wind, the wind is helping to actually lift the level of the sea as it have almost like this wall of water that heads toward the coast and the wind, generating the wave. that's the surge in the water. the concern is that georgia and south carolina, the shape of the coastline, the water is piled in there. you can see the shape of the coastline. similar to what we had with hurricane bob. that's

moisture leaking out in western pennsylvania. a cool front is racing out of the great lakes states, grabbing some of the moisture, holiday weekend starts with early morning sun. otherwise, a lot of clouds. and unfortunately, a change in the forecast from a couple of days ago, i thought the storm would keep moving. sunday is a cloudy day. cape, islands, south shore, south coast, even off shore showers, temperatures in the 70s. sunday 60. metro boston, plan on a couple of showers, up through the north country, showers possible tomorrow evening, otherwise, the region is strong. metro boston still a little ways to

hopefully, good starting pitching with temperatures in the upper 50s. monday, tuesday, wednesday of next week, lots of sunshine. i'll week, lots of sunshine. i'll see you at 7:00 >> before you know it, we'll see number 12 under center in cleveland. who!woe he will be taking the field with is still very much up in the air. patriots going through practice in foxboro this afternoon. julian, limited again by his surgically repaired foot. he is one of 9 patriots listed as questionabl questionable. rob, brandon ruled out 4 sunday. also, jacoby, we wouldn't be seeing for awhile. landing on injured

spot for a veteran quarterback. given his pedigree, 17 years of experience, it's safe to bet tom brady will be ready for the browns, bill belichick who was battling sniffles said there is no sure thing when it comes to players who!woe have missed time, getting up and running. >> it's hard for a practice not playing football . the best way to do it is not not do anything for 4 weeks, just go do push- ups. i don't think that's the right way to go. >> red sox and indians game in cleveland, right now, red sox are trailing 5-0. indians lead the series. game flee at

hill. toronto teed off. top of the second. troy takes him out of the yard with a man on two-run homerun getting the jays going. they would not let up. 3 more long balls in the fifth inning. solo shot, jays take it 5-3. heading back to take it 5-3. heading back to toronto, up 2-0 in the series >> staying in texas, jays leather, bottom of the eighth, kevin goes in and takes a hit away. pretty pedestrian. he homered in this one. with you this grab gets our play of the day. >> bruins placing zach on waivers again. if he gets back to the nhl, he will have to serve the 5 game suspension for that head shot last year.

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