the hurricane zone. >> joining us from new smyrna beach where conditions are deteriorating.and mara, the impact of hurricane matthew is intense tie finding where i am. that category 3 hurricane off the coast packing 1 120-mile-per-hour winds and you can feel the gusts it is bringing in coastal cities clocking in at some places 70 miles per hour. the concern is the storm surge. i want to show you something, this dock, i was walking out on just a few hours ago, now it is completely submerged. the water lapping up at my feet as i stand on the shore. storm surge in this area along the coast expected to be six to ten feet or more. rest accidents here very fearful this waterway could continue to rise. flooding their home, 3 million have been incouraged to evacuate in florida and in the carolinas which is supposed to get hardest hit by the storm and we are really starting to see white out here. kendis and mara. >> all right, our thanks to lauren lyster there in new smyrna beach, florida. >> we're still seeing them show up and over the course of the evening we've seen conditions get

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kendis and mara. >> all right, our thanks to lauren lyster there in new smyrna beach, florida. conditions start to show up. we're still seeing -- i mean, over the course of the evening we've seen conditions where lauren is get worse and seeing a lot of sideways rain and wind. in fact, there was a dock where she was standing earlier in the opening, and now it's too flooded to be. >> absolutely, and this so far it seems we've dodged mostly a bullet from all of this, but you've seen some of the flooding conditions, lots of power outages, but as you've noted, some other parts of the caribbean have been hit hard. >>> as we in the united states here are preparing for this, a lot of other places are recovering from it. in haiti seeing upwards of 200 dead so, of course, we're thinking of them. that's what's making news in america this morning. >> of course, we're going to stay on this story on "good morning america." >>> lashing out against florida. hurricane matthew ripping the state at par with strong wind, torrential rainfall. we have team coverage all morning and we will start with

have team coverage with abc's ginger zee standing by in melbourne, florida, but first we head to new smyrna beach and abc's lauren lyster. lauren, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, mara and kendis. intensifying where i am. that category 3 hurricane packing 120-mile-per-hour winds bringing major gusts to coastal cities like this one, in some places clocking in at more than 70 miles per hour. hurricane matthew barreling towards florida. the brutal conditions intensifying as the eye of the storm taunts coastal cities. overnight violent winds along the beaches. gusts in some above 70 miles per hour. the storm bringing the look and sound of fireworks in the form of downed power lines. thousands facing outages. officials fearing up to 3 million may end up in the dark. the national weather service saying matthew will be devastating. florida's governor making this dire warning. >> unfortunately, this is going to kill people. >> reporter: already it has. matthew taking the lives of more skyrocketing as the floodwaters recede, and matthew battering the bahamas before heading for florida. resid

and how everything fared through the storm. >> woodruff: hari sreenivasan reporting for us from new smyrnach. we haven't you to get someplace where you are dry and safe. >> reporter: thanks, judy. >> woodruff: in the day's other news: the united states formally charged that russia organized the hacking of democratic political sites and state election systems. the department of homeland security and the director of national intelligence said it's an effort to interfere with the election process. we get more now from david sanger of "the new york times." david, thanks for being with us. what's the significance of this and the fact that it comes, what, almost four months after we first heard about these hacks? >> that's right, judy, and we reported in late july that the government and intelligence agencies already had high confidence that it was russia. what was interesting about this statement, sort of three big things. the first is that the white house decided to formally do this. usually, president obama has been very reluctant to name foreign actors who were believed to be behind big hack

wow, lauren lyster in new smyrna beach, thank you for that. >> 77 miles south of where lauren is ginger zee is hre melbourne, florida. what are conditions like there? >> reporter: conditions here are sounding a lot more like a tropical storm/hurricane. we've had hurricane-force winds north of us, 74 and now 79 miles per hour in melbourne the airport reporting 63-mile-per-hour gusts. the outer wall is 20 miles. the inner about 30 and that's going to make all the difference shore is one thing, once that outer wall gets closer to some of these communities and beaches like cape canaveral as it nears there, that's where you'll see that type of devastating potential damage. obviously the wind, the surge, all of that still happening, the waves will be climbing in intensity. right now i can hear the rain, i can hear all of it but i don't know how it's a miracle we still have power at this hour. i know a lot of people aroun hundreds of thousands that do not. this is not over and have a couple of more hours but as it moves up along the coast what i am most concerned about not only it guessing clo

these are other downed trees we saw throughout the area new smyrna beach snightd kind of scary to be honest with you. >> reporter: earlier today we met todd hemingway matthew's ferocious winds were no match for the oak trees. they came crashing down. >> i didn't expect it to be quite this devastating as far as the tree limbs. >> reporter: hemingway's street now blanketed in branches, tree scplims even this tree. >> of course there was fierce wind and windows >> reporter: hemingway's barbara said the tree fell in her yard earlier this morning. she tells us she didn't hear the tree fall she only realized when it she walked out this morning. closer to the beach we watched as new smyrna police turned away resident after resident hoping to get on the island. utility crews were the only ones allowed we're told so they could clean up the mess matthew left behind. overall, this area was spared the worst. that is not lost on the residents who braved it all. feeling lucky. >> that was cuthbert langley reporting. >>> hurricane matthew has killed more than 800 people in haiti. united nations off

abc 7 news reporter marci gonzalez joins us live from new smyrna beach. marci? >> reporter: kristen and dan, you can see a little bit of the damage that was left behind. the powerful winds from matthew knocked down a lot of trees and a lot of big branches like this one in front of me and a lot of power lines which, of course, contributed to all of those power outages that you mentioned. more than had a million people in florida without power, including us right here running off of generators to come to you live, but the damage continues in florida. you talked about the storm surge and they are seeing a lot of that north of where we are. we're in central florida and up in jacksonville, a major issue with storm surge. the ocean actually reaching some of the dunes there and the water going several blocks impacting some homes in that area. just a bit south of jacksonville in st. augustine at a bed and breakfast, about 20 people reported being trapped inside because of the rising water. some of those people who didn't heed the warnings that were given about just how

abc's lauren lyster joins us now from new smyrna beach, florida. >> good morning, mara and kendis. we're feeling the impact with the winds and the rains and the debris is start to go hit me in the takes. tun tens of thousands are facing power outages in florida and now i can inform these lights are from a generator powering our shots. but what you can see is a hotel in front of me and it is dark, guys. meantime, storm surge here is the big concern. it's expected to be six to ten feet from the coast. you can see this is rising. that dock is well under water, which was just a few hours ago a place where i was standsing. and now you can see the sign for of it because it's jurndz water and the concern is it is flooding this area. >> and you're not that far from the ocean there. i know a lot of people have been told to evacuate. did you get a sense that people evacuated the hurricane zone are you are? >> so where i am, there are not orders of evacuation specifically. this is actually an area where people closer to the beach that were evacuated have come to weather the storm. if you can

. >> abc's lauren lister is in new smyrna beach, florida. she has an update on conditions there. how are are things looking now where you are? >> reporter: mara, the wind is picking up, maybe you can hear it howling. that dock behind me is submerged. as i told you earlier, it was -- i was standing out there a few hours ago, and now it is completely underwater, and hours before that, it was well above the water, and storm surge is really one of the big concerns here along the coast of florida where i am, it's expected to be six to ten feet or more. residents here and many other places very fearful that means dangerous flooding for their homes. an update on the hurricane. we just learned what was a category 4 storm has now been downgraded to a category 3, but that still means winds of up to 120 miles per hour. extremely dangerous. the storm is called life threatening, a monster by the governor, and it is getting dangerously close to the coast of florida, barrelling this direction, that eye of the storm, just taunting coastal cities here as we experience the impact of matthew. >> la

new smyrna beach you're in the way right now. that storm is about to come onshore for you. playa linda, oak hill getting slammed with 100-mile-per-hour winds. and then farther up toward daytona beach we are seeing one more band come in for boris. i suspect in the next 45 minutes when this outer wall right here at about new smyrna gets to him, he will have sustained winds of 100 miles per hour. and those are the damaging winds. a tree, a house, a power line, can sustain 60 or 70. but when you get to that 100-mile-per-hour threshold, that's when you get the problems. that's when all of this starts to go away. the power lines go down, singh 8s come off. you even heard about a few roofs off the buildings. the closer to the water, the gustier it will be. here comes another squall for chris cuomo in jacksonville. if you want to talk to him, do it rather quickly because he will be going away. that live shot will be going away quickly in the rain. sometimes we call it rain fade. where the satellite just can't shoot up to the satellite dish or back down. because there's just too muc

when we talk about damage, i used to go to new smyrna beach. beautiful coastline right there and as far as the distance goes away now, we are only talking from new smyrna beach, 4 miles those 100-mile-per-hour winds. if there's significant structural damage done right now, it is happening here from oak hill, that's kind of the population point and then it goes into the military area in cape canaveral but this is the population centers and where the worst is all occurring. the shift occurred from the center of the storm, so now the center of the storm, the eye center is 20 miles off the coast whereas previously, last hour, we were looking at about 26 miles. so just that five mile shift closer to the coast. five mile shift to the west is now bringing our hurricane force winds to the coast. that's huge ramifications for the amount of damage done by the wind. the storm surge is pretty much guaranteed and just because our computer models off by 20 to 30 miles yesterday, doesn't mean they'll be off from here on out. the trend has been worse for our f

death toll in haiti is rising to nearly 800 and millions are without power lauren lister live in new smyrna beach florida with a look at the conditions as the hurricane continues to move forward. >>reporter: good morning. it is hard to believe less than 24 hours ago you could barely walk where i am as hurricane matthew battered this area, left behind downed trees like this and worse, it continues moving north. overnight, matthew bringing deafening rain, storm surge and destruction to south carolina, flooding roads, downing trees and driving cars off the road. an eerie light show on this highway as multiple powerlines shows for us. it brings winds gusting up to 80 miles an hour, a state of emergency was declared in georgia, south carolina and north carolina. expect the best thing is to hunker down, stay in a safe place. don't move or try to move around. >>reporter: after pummeling florida -- >> sounded like a train hitting the house. >>reporter: matthew barrels through the palm coast and a security camera captures the moment rushing water goes into a home with roads being washed away. st. au

in new smyrna beach, i'm lauren lyster abc news. a central iowa organization that helps homes in natural disasters is facing a devastating loss of its own today. the organization lost half of its facilities in haiti. the only buildings that homes, which are made of metal. a medical and dental clinic, church, orphanages and school for about 450 children the organization built in haiti were destroyed or took on major damage.. go-serve global offical says, despite 95% of the homes in the area being wiped away in the hurricane, he's thankful for one thing. "the good news was all of our kids are okay. so we're very grateful that we were able to keep them sheltered in a place where they were protected." the organization say the water towers providing people with clean water were also wiped out. cedar rapids police say your financial info could be at risk next time you use an a-t-m. different area banks and credit unions have seen a recent rise in fraud cases from a-t-m skimmers. the skimming devices often placed on top of the card reader

live in new smyrna beach, florida. marcy gonzalez. >> thank you marcy. >>> mark is here with some breaking new hurricane matthew. >> the winds are now pretty much completely offshore, surrounding the eye here maximum sustained winds 115 miles per hour. so it's tropical storm force winds, daytona to jacksonville, up towards saf in a, georgia but that's not going to be the biggest problem. it's going to be the storm surge because you've got all of this wind out here, funneling all of this ocean water back could see 6-9 foot storm surges during the overnight and we're not talking about brunswick and charleston, south carolina and savannah, georgia. the track takes it closer to shore by early tomorrow morning and it might, the eye wall might even graze charleston, south carolina during the day tomorrow. again, that would be some pretty serious storm surge flooding. perhaps 10, 11, 12 feet. if you've ever been to charleston, you know, that there are about th that's going to be a lot of flooding. you're going to be sighing t

abc news new smyrna beach, florida. joyce: we have continuing coverage of hurricane matthew on the wisn 12 news mobile app. you can download the free app to get important updates, sent directly to your phone. president. house speaker paul ryan withdraws an invitation for republican nominee donald trump to campaign in wisconsin tomorrow. trump was supposed to join ryan and other republicans at the walworth county fairgrounds for a gop unity rally. but ryan withdrew that invitation, after a 2005 recording surfaced of trump making lewd comments about women. a statement from the trump campaign says that trump's running mate, mike pence, will appear in trump's place. the rally starts at 1:30. meantime, former president bill clinton will campaign tomorrow democratic nominee hillary clinton. he will speak at the ibew local 494 headquarters, near 103rd and morgan. doors open at 3:00. former democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders says he's going to do everything he can to help his one-time rival hillary clinton get elec

live in new smyrna beach, florida, i'm lauren lister, abc news. >> thank you. wishing them all the best as the is them continues to move up. it's been hard to watch at points because just a storm this size. >> reporter: the good news the storm was well advertised. evacuations were made, the damage will ends up being severe, injuries and fatalities will be kept to a minimum in the united states. >> and people listened. >> reporter: they did, they got out of dodge. our weather here in the delaware and lehigh valleys, talk about matthew in just a second. in the meantime we start out with a view of the commodor barry bridge. we have a thick overcast starting to overspread the region. some of this moisture in advance of hurricane matthew working onshore south of charlie ton, south carolina. temperatures are mild, 62 in philadelphia. allentown, 57. reading, 57. 67 in cape may. trenton, 58. dover, 64. all this moisture is lifting to the north associated with a cold front that's working east. it's going to bring a nice cool shot of air tomorrow and next week. that fron

in new smyrna beach, florida. abc 7 news. >> thanks. >>> sandhya is tracking whether matthew is right now and where it's headed. >> this storm on our radar proven to be catastrophic. take a look at our radar returns right now and the storm is about 70 miles south south east of savannah georgia heavy bands of rain right now moving in strong winds have been damaging the area. causing power outages trees knocked down. it's a category 2 but maximum sues stand winds decrease. 105 miles an hour as the hurricane interacts with land. you take a look at the reports of the storm damage. it has been wind. rain. and this is going to continue hurricane warning storm warning up through monday evening. here's the forecast track near charleston. category two. heading into later on tonight. tomorrow morning category one and it's approaching the north carolina coast. veers off towards the northeast saturday evening. it's weaker. continues to weaken sunday moving out over the open atlanta tech and then view turns back towards the fl

in new smyrna beach, i'm lauren lyster abc news. >> all morning long we'll be checking in with reporters across florida. gusty winds, winds are continuing to pick up here in martin county, we are near the jefferson bridge and leaving debris, trees and limbs, a dock here, i don't know if you can see it, it is almost submerged in the water. getting back to the gusty winds, nearly 40,000 families here in martin county without power throughout the night and throughout the morning. we saw no one on the highway which is good news, everyone is heeding the word and staying indoors. when it is day light the crews are assessing the area and looking for damage. >> right now we're learning more about the damage done overnight by hurricane matthew. wisn 12 news tim elliott is tracking the latest in the newsroom. tim. >> florida governor rick scott overnight warning people about the dangerous situation as matthew approaches. here's a look at some of the damage that's already been done by the massive storm. this billboard was ripped off of its frame and started blowing in the wind. street signs have be

in new smyrna beach, i'm lauren lyster abc news. >> all morning long we'll be checking in with reporters across florida. now from daytona beach. >> we have been telling you about the wind and as matthew, you can see some of the flooding that is on the street here. that is why the authorities don't want you to be out here. we have seen the winds picking up here. the palm trees are waving here in the area. we are again in daytona beach where there is a lot of flooding here. all. >> right now we're learning more about the damage done overnight by hurricane matthew. wisn 12 news tim elliott is tracking the latest in the newsroom. tim. >> florida governor rick scott has been active on twitter overnight warning people about the dangerous situation as matthew approaches. here's a look at some of the damage that's already been done by the massive storm. this billboard was ripped off of its frame and started blowing in the wind. damaged too, some are barely hanging on to poles in daytona beach. power is out in patches across the state. this downed powerline hit a tree and started sparking in sout

we'll turn to lauren lister, joining us live from new smyrna 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 hurricane matthew in shelters. in florida, more than a m

live in new new smyrna beach, florida, i'm lauren lyster, abc news, now back to you >> thank you, lauren. hurricane matthew. we're starting to see it, as i said, break up a bit. as you saw those images, so many people still affected and more going to be affected as well. >> i mean, it is starting to break up. we're at a category 1, but we are definitely not in the clear. the south carolina to north carolina, you're still getting hit with copious amounts -- large amounts of moisture. you can see the spin here. charleston, south carolina, you're in the not in the clear just yet. we're seeing bands still moving its force fairly quickly. i think charleston will be in the clear here in the next about 30 minutes. this is lifting to the north, so up next we have fayetteville, raleigh, charlotte, north carolina. we are talking about winds to 90 miles per hour with storm surge up to six feet in some locations. so even though this has been downgraded, we still have warnings and watches still in across the outer banks and even for portions of south carolina. now, closer to home, we are tracking our

let's go over to abc's lauren lister in new smyrna beach. good morning, lauren. >> reporter: good morning, the center of hurricane matthew is 50 miles off the coast of florida packing winds up to 120 miles per hour and feeling the impact pick up with gusting winds and pelting rain and our power getting knocked out. no audio. rricane matthew barrelg toward florida, the brutal conditions intensifying as the eye of the storm hits coastal cities. overnight violent winds along the beaches, gusts clocking in above 70 miles per hour, the storm bringing the look and sound of fireworks in the form of downed power lines. thousands facing outages, officials fearing up to 3 million may ends up in the dark. the national weather service says matthew will be devastating. florida governor making this dire warning. >> unfortunately this will kill people. >> reporter: allalready it has, matthew taking the lives of 100 people as the swept through haiti. matthew battering the bahamas before heading for florida, residents thursday filling up the final sandbags,

. >> let's go to abc news reporter lauren lister in new smyrna beach, florida. >> mast u heading straight for florida. the brutal wind and pounding rain growing as the hurricane charges towards the coast. the national weather service saying matthew will be devastating, potentially unlike any hurricane in the modern era. florida's governor calling it a monster. >> unfortunately, this is going to kill people. >> the shore battered by damaging waves. the rain and wind ripping through the rej tags and the vacations of 3,000 tourists, unable to escape. with the hurricane then heading for florida, residents filling up the final sandbags. stores are boarded up. their shelves bayer. -- bare. the fight to get fuel. >> i saw two guys throwing punches. >> one and a half million people ordered to evacuate, jamming the roads but not flying. time lapsed radar showing the normally busy florida skies clearing out. nearly 4,000 flights with canceled over the next two days. a major concern here now, the storm surge. it's expected to be six to ten feed or more. the water behind me could rise and for residen

. >> let's go to abc news reporter lauren lister in new smyrna beach, florida. >> mast u heading straight for florida. the brutal wind and pounding rain growing as the hurricane charges towards the coast. the national weather service saying matthew will be devastating, potentially unlike any hurricane in the modern era. florida's governor calling it a monster. >> unfortunately, this is going to kill people. >> the shore battered by damaging waves. the rain and wind ripping through the rej tags and the vacations of 3,000 tourists, unable to escape. with the hurricane then heading for florida, residents filling up the final sandbags. stores are boarded up. their shelves bayer. -- bare. the fight to get fuel. >> i saw two guys throwing punches. >> one and a half million people ordered to evacuate, jamming the roads but not flying. time lapsed radar showing the normally busy florida skies clearing out. nearly 4,000 flights with canceled over the next two days. a major concern here now, the storm surge. it's expected to be six to ten feed or more. the water behind me could rise and for residen

patrick: we continue our coverage with abc's lauren lyster in new smyrna beach florida. lauren: matthew heading straight for florida, the brutal wind and pounding rain growing as the hurrican coast. the national weather service saying matthew will be devastating, potentially unlike any hurricane in the modern area. florida's governor, calling it a monster. >> unfortunately this is going to kill people. lauren: already, it has. matthew taking the lives of more than 100 people as it swept through haiti. the death toll there skyrocketing as the floodwaters receded. in the bahamas the shore the vegetation and the vacations of 3,000 tourists unable to escape. and with the hurricane then heading for florida residents thursday filling up those final sandbags. stores are boarded up their shelves, bare, and a fight to get fuel. >> i saw two guys fighting at a gas station yesterday. actually throwing punches. people ordered to evacuate, jamming the roads, but not flying, time lapsed radar showing the normally busy florida skies clearing out. nearly 4,000 flights are cancelled over

live in new smyrna beach, florida. channel 6 "action news" back to you. >>> matthew is now moving north as marcy mentioned and still has time to make a direct hit somewhere in the southeast. melissa magee is track it's storm's path from the "action news" big board. >> the latest update has the center of matthew offshore and off the coast of florida. here is stormtracker 6 live double scan radar, you can see the center of the storm just off the coast of daytona beach. it's about 95 miles to the south and east of jacksonville florida. you see all the heavy rain and wind battering the east coast of georgia and the carolinas. here is the latest. maximum sustained winds 120 miles per hour, a category 3 storm. it's moving to the north-northwest at 12 miles per hour. and into tonight it will cross over the florida coast and into georgia and as we get foo the weekend by saturday morning, this track has it weakening to a category 2 storm over the carolinas and then a loop around and back to the bahamas as early as monds into tue

and then we got out here to new smyrna, which is a small town vibe, residents here were walking around and many evacuated from other areas where they were ordered to leave, weathering the storms with friends here which have not been ordered to evacuate. so the people we talked to were taking this quite seriously. >> lauren, that area h seen a storm of this potential strength in over a decade. as you go about and talk to people, what are you hearing? are people afraid? hopeful that maybe it'll move and dodge a direct hit? what are you hearing from the people you are speaking with? >> reporter: the folks i've spoken to are not freaking out. they are not concerned to some insane degree, but they have a lot of caution. you know, coming to me, asking me as a news person, what have i heard, what updates do people are concerned about the storm surge and flooding. so i'm not seeing people panic where i am. you know, in other areas that are taking a more direct hit sooner, perhaps they are. but here, people are just weathering the storm and with cautionus optimism, not super concerned, but not

certain roads along daytona and the new smyrna beach area will be opened one way. the red flag will fly indicating hazardous water conditions.>>> go to the beach this weekend the water is kind of warm out there, it is. >> is looking pretty good, i like it warm. the upper 80s, right now it is in the upper 70s, it is still too warm for some, south tampa take a look, beautiful out there, we have good conditions across much of the area, we had a few extra clouds from time to time today because of the northeast flow we have been enjoying, not only is it bringing more cloud cover but also trying to bring sprinkles across the state nothing to cause you any problems if you're plann might have in mind. if you want to go for a walk after dinner. look at the temperatures, 85 tampa, clearwater 83 degrees, saint pete 82, fairweather clouds out there and winds at 5 to 10 miles per hour, a nice breeze so not bad at all, nothing to report that will cause any problems as we head into the weekend this evening looks fantastic, a few squiggles possible in the are planning on going to

tag- marci gonzalez, abc news, new smyrna beach, florida tonight...partly cloudy. lows 58 to 62 on the west side of the valley...59 to 63 on the east side. northwest winds up to 10 mph. .saturday...mostly sunny. highs 82 to 85 on the west side of the shifting to the east in the afternoon. .saturday night...partly cloudy. lows 63 to 67 on the west side of the valley...64 to 68 on the east side. winds generally light becoming west up to 10 mph after midnight. new information about the man accused of ransacking a home and killing a man inside. his defense team now says he's suffering from a mental disorder. 13 action news reporter marissa kynaston has more from the courtroom. take nat he has severe adhd your honor 28 year old james farr the second appeared in court-- charged with burglary-- and murder. according to police-- farr is accused of breaking into a home near hacienda and eastern-- there-- chad shelton. farr's defense team-- telling the judge-- their client suffers from severe adhd. adhd is classified as hyperactivity and impulsive behavior-- characteristics

this is near new smyrna beach. >> when you factor in this with high tide, this could be locations. >> storm surge could reach 11 feet. >major wind gust bringing down power lines and trees. almost 5000 u.s. flights canceled due to the hurricane. savanna health and had international airport closed till sunday. fort lauderdale temporarily closed, but has since reopened. so far, at least two deaths attributed to matthew. matthew shifts north. president obama: i want to emphasize to everybody that this is still a really dangerous hurricane. >> georgia and south carolina currently in the hurricane's path. officials are urging people to evacuate especially in the coastal areas. maria: thank you. as the floodwaters start receding in haiti that death tos expected to climb as workers sift through the rubble of ravaged communities. the hurricane hitting the impoverished caribbean nation still roadbuilding from a devastating earthquake six years ago. here in massachusetts, local relief agencies are coordinating the delivery of aid to haiti. as members of the community what to get -- wait to get w

marci gonzalez, new smyrna beach florida. >>> the race is on to escape south florida. for some that meant a flight to the valley. john ericson is live at sky harbor. it makes sense that people would want to escape to the desert but that the plan this time for the people you talked to? >> reporter: stephanie not quite. the trip was already but with the hurricane baring down, they wanted to get here as quickly as possible. a woman who's new to florida is glad to be here in arizona away from matthew but is worried about what her home may look like when she goes back. >> it's absolutely terrifying. we very quickly learn how to put up the shutters and i feel it's still very, very scary. >> most things going normally here at the airport this afternoon. she flew out of fort lauderdale this morning. says the airport was already looking deserted as it got read ready to shut down. she's on her way to sedona but says she may not be able to relax with matthew on her mind. >> tracking hurricane matthew right now. as it continues to move to the northwest at around 1 1-miles- per-hou

we begin in new smyrna beach, florida. reporter: the wind and rain are beginning to pick up as the outer bands of the storm begin to reach the florida coast. with its powerful winds, threat of severe flooding, hurricane matthew is moving towards florida. now a category 4 storm it's on track the be the most powerful than a decade. >> evacuate, evacuate, evacuate. unfortunately this is going to kill people. reporter: possibly the largest evacuation ever in the sunshine state, with orders in place for two and a half million people from here to the carolinas. >> seems like it's going to be pretty bad. so it's best to get off the island. >> taking the warning seriously after seeing the destruction matthew left behind in the caribbean. battering the bahamas and kill more in what officials there call the worst humanitarian crisis since the 2010 earthquake. in florida theme parks closing, store shelves left empty and businesses boarded up. from miami all the way up the coast and inland, millions are now bracing for matthew and wha

marcy gonzales reports live from new smyrna, florida. marci: wind gusts surpassing 100 miles per hour, bringing down trees and power lines. leaving hundreds of thousands in the dark. the major concern -- flooding. starting in central florida with surge as high as 11 feet in some areas. president obama: i want to emphasize to everybody this is still a really dangerous hurricane. marci: already one hurricane related death in port saint lucie, florida, and the death toll rising in haiti. nearly 300 killed, entire communities level. matthew moving towards jacksonville. >> there is the potential for significant flooding. marci: aff evacuations in georgia and the carolinas, communities bracing for the destructive path of matthew next. >> that is a lot of water. >> i am banking on you to understand the seriousness all of this storm. marci: it is absolutely serious. the full impact is not clear because with all of this wind and extreme flooding, it is too dangerous for anyone to assess the damage. antoinette: hurricane matthew continues to cause

tag- marci gonzalez, abc news, new smyrna beach, florida hurricane matthew is moving along the northeast coast of florida and will continue its coast tonight and through saturday. matthew will continue to produce high winds and heavy rainfall. a high risk of flash flooding will be possible along the coast from northern florida through south carolina through saturday. as hurricane matthew continues it's also bringing air travel.... to a standstill. flights are grounded.... terminals empty.... and... vacations are being cut short. fort lauderdale airport was also entirely shut down..... miles away from the shore.... orlando international airport's in red..... signifying cancelled flights. hurricane matthew also leaving over a million people in the dark..... after power lines were knocked back up quickly. could be prolonged outages so prepare" more than.... -4- thousand flights were cancelled..... through sunday..... according to flightaware... and.... nearly 5 thousand more were climb as matthew heads toward georgia and the carolina's. new information about the man accused of ransacking a

brevard county coastline, new smyrna beach up to daytona beach.ou're going to be staring at this category still 4 to category 3 hurricane, staring right at you from the south. you'll be waiting for that turn. that's why they're telling everyone to get out of those regions. if it turns later, all of a sudden, it's right on your doorstep. thames the bend right here. going to be watching as we go throughout friday. then, a lot of our hurricane cane models have been putting the storm a little further out to sea, making a better forecast for north carolina. that trend continues. europe not completely safe yet. but you look better, myrtle beach looks better. charleston, savannah, will be nervous watching that storm. some models loop this around, possibly heading to the bahamas, florida, middle of next week. it will be a week if it did that. the concern right now is the east coast of florida. >> all right, bill karin, with that new update. thank you so much. that is going to do it for this hour. t tamron hall picks up our coverage right now. >> as mentio

we will go to abc7 news reporter marci gonzalez in new smyrna beach. >> some of the flooding behind me, here, has receded. we still getting strong wind gusts so powerful it brought down trees and branches like this. still, not letting up yet. >> hurricane matthew's eye brushing and battering florida's east coast. gusts surpassing 100 miles per hour. bringing down trees, and power lines. >> leaving hundreds of thousands of people in the dark. the major concern, though; flooding, starting in central florida and the worst is yet to come with a possible storm surge as high as 11' in some places. >> i emphasize to everyone that this is still a really dangerous hurricane. >> already, at left one hurricane-related death is reported in port st. lucie, florida and climbing deaths in haiti, nearly 300 killed and communities leveled. moving north to jacksonville. >> there is potential for significant flooding. >> officials urge evacuations in georgia and the carolinas. >> you need to be safe can get out. >> communities are bracing for the destruction of matthew. >> a lot of water. it is dangerous

marci gonzalez, abc news, new smyrna beach, florida. patrick: and mark baden has the latest storm track. mark: if it continues on that pat it's expected to go north and then neevet. -- and then northeast. let's talk storm surge. that's the raising of the ocean level. that's what this flooding has been, in the just because it's raining but because it's been a hurricane for a long time and its movement to is to the north it pushes all this water out ahead of it, lifts the ocean level, that's what's happening as it move into florida and crashing into areas along the georgia coastline, moving up in charleston. most of charleston, certainly along the watter will be under water later on tonight as this continues to make its way to the north. let's show you the track here as we head throughout the next couple of day. here it is now to the east of jacksonville by about 40 miles. moves to the north, right near hilton head island, south carolina, heads toward myrtle beach, moves across north carolina and then wings itself back. thank any at this

a-b-c's lauren lyster is live in new smyrna beach, florida, with the latest tonight. matthew heading straight for florida -- the brutal wind and pounding rain growing as the hurricane charges towards the coast the national weather service saying matthew will be devastating - potentially unlike any hurricane in the modern area. florida's governor -- calling it a monster. sot gov rick scott: unfortunately this is going to kill people. already, it has... matthew taking the lives of more than 100 people as it swept through haiti. the death toll there skyrocketing as the floodwaters recede...in the bahamas...the shore battered by damaging waves...the rain and wind and the vacations of 3-thousand tourists - unable to escape and with the hurricane then heading for florida residents thursday filling up those final sandbags stores are boarded up...their shelves -- bare -- and a fight to get fuel sot mos's: this is ridiculous - i went to costo - the line's out to the highway. / i saw two guys fighting at the gas station yesterday - actually throwing punches! one and a half mill

there's melbourne, new smyrna beach and daytona beach in the path. you can see the cone stretches all the way to the west, so it can still jog westward and has been doing that run after run. we've seen that happen. i've been telling you all about that and if it does it again, it's a definitely landfall. with wind, 134 miles per hour, cat 4 hurricane. curling up the coast all indications are it will stay far enough to our southeast to not be an issue. whether it does the curl or just flounders out here is still in question. part of the reason it's making the turn, there's another tropical system out there and it may be influencing where the storm may go. seven-day forecast brings the 70's in here the next couple of days. 60's at the coast, but 70's inland and on saturday, you see the rainshowers there, that's not the hurricane, that's the front coming through, it's and it is going to bring us some showers. i'll put a timeline on the showers for the weekend coming up in the next half-hour. >> vanessa: new at 5:00 p.m., michelle obama is going all out t

tag- marci gonzalez, abc news, new smyrna beach, florida hurricane matthew is moving along the northeast coast of florida and will continue its

there's cape canaveral and new smyrna beach and daytona beach this will be very room that's there. a few more miles to the west it's on shore. hurricane warnings exist all the way to jacksonville. al-has not had a hurricane warning for seven years. tonight they are in one on the -- in 17 years. tonight in one. a little farther to the west and it's inland over florida with the winds and the rain. it's already going to be a mess on the coastline it could get worse. of florida and the carolinas tonight as well. that swirl twirl is still in the forecast for it to loop back to the south. that's good news for new england. i'll explain. why the impact will impact your weekend forecast just ahead. >> we'll see you again shortly kevin. a brookline firefighter who complained about being targeted on the job has lost his job. >> we are learning there is some relief coming with this final decision. fox 25's crystal haynes has the story you will see only brookline firefighter gerald alston the last six years have -- >> they've been hell. >> looking into the alston's claims of racism after his su