Friday, October 7, 2016

Hurricane Matthew:'It's going to get a lot worse'

 
Nick Lomasney walks through heavy wind and a flooded street as Hurricane Matthew passes through the area on October 7 in St Augustine, Florida.
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'It's going to get a lot worse'

Hurricane Matthew blamed for 4 US deaths, sparks flash-flood fears

By Steve Almasy, Jason Hanna and Madison Park, CNN
Updated 6:38 PM ET, Fri October 7, 2016

Story highlights

  • Storm surge near Jacksonville reported at more than 4 feet
  • Death toll in Florida rises to four
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(CNN)Floridians along the Atlantic coast were coping Friday with rising water as Hurricane Matthew drenched the state with rain and strong winds pushed waves over beaches.
Meteorologists said storm surge had been measured at more than 4 feet in some areas.
The storm, which is blamed for four deaths in Florida, sparked flash-flood concerns. The National Weather Service issued a warning for parts of Nassau County, north of Jacksonville.
"The combination of a dangerous storm surge, the tide and large and destructive waves will cause normally dry areas near the coast to be flooded by rising waters moving inland from the shoreline," the National Hurricane Center said.
After killing hundreds in Haiti and other Caribbean nations, Matthew's frightening power led to the deaths of four people in Florida. The list included a woman in her 60s in Volusia County (by a falling tree) and an 82-year-old man and a woman in St. Lucie County, officials said. The latter two had medical emergencies and responders were unable to reach them in time because of hazardous weather.
A woman in northeast Florida died after a tree fell on her camper trailer, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office said.
The Category 2 hurricane, while losing some of its wind speed, has left more than 1 million people without power as it skirts the state's east coast, with the most damaging blow possibly still to come.
Governors in North and South Carolina warned residents to get out in advance of the storm, which could drop as much as 15 inches of rain.
Live updates on Hurricane Matthew
But it's not as if Matthew -- with winds of 110 mph at the center -- didn't cause any damage with its powerful winds.
Parts of St. Augustine flooded even as the hurricane was still approaching. A virtual river of water rushed past a bed and breakfast business in the city about 35 miles southeast of Jacksonville, according to video posted by reporter Russell Colburn of CNN affiliate WJAX.
Special concern surrounded Jacksonville's St. Johns River, which could be overwhelmed by water pushed into it by the storm. The hurricane center said a tide gauge reported storm surge of 4.28 feet.
What Florida looks like now
"Just because the center of circulation is offshore doesn't mean you can't be the center of action (along the coast)," National Hurricane Center Director Rick Knabb said. "It's going to get a lot worse before it (has) a chance of getting better."

Here's what you need to know:

Hurricane Matthew: Full Coverage
• As of 6 p.m. ET, Matthew's center was over the Atlantic, about 40 miles east of Jacksonville Beach, the National Hurricane Center said. Hurricane-force winds extended outward up to 60 miles from that center. It was moving north at 12 mph.
• Jacksonville could see storm surges of up to 9 feet Friday afternoon, forecasters said. Anything over 3 feet in the city is life-threatening, Mayor Lenny Curry said.
• "Very dangerous conditions, and it's going to get worse into the afternoon," Curry said.
• A total of 1.1 million customers statewide were without power.
Workers start removing umbrellas and the colorful rocking chairs that line the Cocoa Beach Pier in Cocoa Beach, Florida, on October 5.
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People carry a coffin and try to cross the La Digue river on October 5 after a bridge collapsed in Petit-Goave, Haiti.
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People carry a coffin and try to cross the La Digue river on October 5 after a bridge collapsed in Petit-Goave, Haiti.
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People cross the La Digue river on October 5.
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Evacuees return to their homes in the Carbonera community of Guantanamo, Cuba, on October 5.
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Evacuees return to their homes in the Carbonera community of Guantanamo, Cuba, on October 5.
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People embrace at their damaged home in Baracoa, Cuba. The hurricane rolled across the sparsely populated tip of Cuba, destroying dozens of homes in the country's easternmost city and leaving hundreds of others damaged.
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People embrace at their damaged home in Baracoa, Cuba. The hurricane rolled across the sparsely populated tip of Cuba, destroying dozens of homes in the country's easternmost city and leaving hundreds of others damaged.
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A woman cries amid the rubble of her home in Baracoa.
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Anthony Schirado, left, and Tom Kennedy put up plywood to cover the windows of a storefront in Cocoa Beach on October 5.
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Anthony Schirado, left, and Tom Kennedy put up plywood to cover the windows of a storefront in Cocoa Beach on October 5.
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Bus drivers in North Charleston, South Carolina, wait for word to start evacuations.
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Bus drivers in North Charleston, South Carolina, wait for word to start evacuations.
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The high winds of Hurricane Matthew roar over Baracoa on Tuesday, October 4.
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The high winds of Hurricane Matthew roar over Baracoa on Tuesday, October 4.
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Beth Johnson fills up her car at a gas station in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, on October 4.
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Beth Johnson fills up her car at a gas station in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, on October 4.
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The mother of two girls who died in the storm is comforted near her home in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on October 4. The girls were killed when a landslide caused by flooding breached the walls of their house.
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The mother of two girls who died in the storm is comforted near her home in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on October 4. The girls were killed when a landslide caused by flooding breached the walls of their house.
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A worker clears a sewer on a flooded street in Santo Domingo.
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Anita Baranyi feeds her baby while keeping an eye on the generator she intends to purchase from a home-improvement store in Oakland Park, Florida, on October 4.
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Anita Baranyi feeds her baby while keeping an eye on the generator she intends to purchase from a home-improvement store in Oakland Park, Florida, on October 4.
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People wade through the flooded streets of Cite Soleil in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on October 4. Hurricane Matthew is the strongest storm to hit Haiti since 1964 and the first hurricane to make landfall in the country since the devastating earthquake in 2010.
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People wade through the flooded streets of Cite Soleil in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on October 4. Hurricane Matthew is the strongest storm to hit Haiti since 1964 and the first hurricane to make landfall in the country since the devastating earthquake in 2010.
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People observe the flooding of a river near Port-au-Prince on October 4.
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People observe the flooding of a river near Port-au-Prince on October 4.
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Children swim in a flooded neighborhood of Santo Domingo on October 4.
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Children swim in a flooded neighborhood of Santo Domingo on October 4.
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A truck used as public transportation drives through flooded streets in Port-au-Prince on October 4.
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A truck used as public transportation drives through flooded streets in Port-au-Prince on October 4.
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Hurricane winds blow against palm trees in Port-au-Prince.
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Hurricane winds blow against palm trees in Port-au-Prince.
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A food vendor lays out goods for sale during a light rain in Port-au-Prince on October 4.
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Haitian civil protection workers arrive to evacuate the Tabarre region of Haiti on October 3.
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Haitian civil protection workers arrive to evacuate the Tabarre region of Haiti on October 3.
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Officials urge residents to evacuate their homes in the Grise River area of Tabarre on October 3.
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Officials urge residents to evacuate their homes in the Grise River area of Tabarre on October 3.
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Clouds loom over the hills of the Petionville suburb of Port-au-Prince on October 3.
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Clouds loom over the hills of the Petionville suburb of Port-au-Prince on October 3.
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Families seek shelter from Hurricane Matthew at a university facility in Guantanamo, Cuba.
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Families seek shelter from Hurricane Matthew at a university facility in Guantanamo, Cuba.
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People near Kingston, Jamaica, take a photo in front of the rough surf produced by Hurricane Matthew on October 3.
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People near Kingston, Jamaica, take a photo in front of the rough surf produced by Hurricane Matthew on October 3.
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A backhoe removes garbage to clear a canal in Port-au-Prince on October 3.
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A backhoe removes garbage to clear a canal in Port-au-Prince on October 3.
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Nice Simon, the mayor of Tabarre, Haiti, holds a baby as she helps evacuate the area along a river.
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Nice Simon, the mayor of Tabarre, Haiti, holds a baby as she helps evacuate the area along a river.
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People stock up on food at a supermarket in Port-au-Prince on Sunday, October 2.
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People stock up on food at a supermarket in Port-au-Prince on Sunday, October 2.
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A worker dismantles a traffic light in Santiago before Hurricane Matthew struck Cuba.
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A worker dismantles a traffic light in Santiago before Hurricane Matthew struck Cuba.
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Motorists drive through heavy rains in Kingston, Jamaica, on October 2.
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Motorists drive through heavy rains in Kingston, Jamaica, on October 2.
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Residents of Cuba's Holguin Province line up to buy gas on October 2.
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Residents of Cuba's Holguin Province line up to buy gas on October 2.
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A worker nails a board to a storefront window in Kingston on Saturday, October 1.
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A worker nails a board to a storefront window in Kingston on Saturday, October 1.
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Barbara Hearst tapes her storm shutters closed as Hurricane Matthew neared Charleston, South Carolina, on Friday, October 7. The storm has left more than 1 million people without power as it moves up the East Coast.
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Barbara Hearst tapes her storm shutters closed as Hurricane Matthew neared Charleston, South Carolina, on Friday, October 7. The storm has left more than 1 million people without power as it moves up the East Coast.
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Adam and Alec Selent watch waves crash over a retainer wall at the Ocean Club condominiums in Palms, South Carolina, on October 7.
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Adam and Alec Selent watch waves crash over a retainer wall at the Ocean Club condominiums in Palms, South Carolina, on October 7.
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A police officer helps persuade a woman to board a bus and evacuate Savannah, Georgia, on October 7.
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Preston Payne tires to hold his umbrella as Hurricane Matthew makes its way up the East Coast, Friday, October 7 on Tybee Island, Georgia. Authorities warned that the danger was far from over, with hundreds of miles of coastline in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina still under threat of torrential rain and dangerous storm surges.
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Preston Payne tires to hold his umbrella as Hurricane Matthew makes its way up the East Coast, Friday, October 7 on Tybee Island, Georgia. Authorities warned that the danger was far from over, with hundreds of miles of coastline in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina still under threat of torrential rain and dangerous storm surges.
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Heavy waves pound boat docks in Cocoa Beach, Florida, on October 7.
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Heavy waves pound boat docks in Cocoa Beach, Florida, on October 7.
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A women helps a dog walk through floodwaters in Port Orange, Florida, on October 7.
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A women helps a dog walk through floodwaters in Port Orange, Florida, on October 7.
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Damage in Cocoa Beach.
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Damage in Cocoa Beach.
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Waves crash against a bridge in St. Augustine, Florida.
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Waves crash against a bridge in St. Augustine, Florida.
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A car drives past a downed tree as the hurricane moves through Daytona Beach, Florida, on October 7.
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A car drives past a downed tree as the hurricane moves through Daytona Beach, Florida, on October 7.
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A billboard canvas flaps in the wind after Hurricane Matthew passed North Palm Beach, Florida, on October 7.
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A billboard canvas flaps in the wind after Hurricane Matthew passed North Palm Beach, Florida, on October 7.
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A motel in southeast Florida is damaged on October 7.
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A motel in southeast Florida is damaged on October 7.
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A woman inspects her damaged car under a tree in Fort Pierce, Florida, on October 7.
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A woman inspects her damaged car under a tree in Fort Pierce, Florida, on October 7.
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A space shuttle model stands near some downed trees after Hurricane Matthew passed by Cocoa Beach.
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A space shuttle model stands near some downed trees after Hurricane Matthew passed by Cocoa Beach.
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A home in Sebastian, Florida, is boarded up on October 7.
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A home in Sebastian, Florida, is boarded up on October 7.
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A woman uses her phone under a battery-operated lantern at a hotel in Titusville, Florida, on October 7.
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A woman uses her phone under a battery-operated lantern at a hotel in Titusville, Florida, on October 7.
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Palm trees on Cocoa Beach sway in the wind on October 7.
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Palm trees on Cocoa Beach sway in the wind on October 7.
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Firefighters respond to a pre-dawn house fire in Satellite Beach, Florida, that was possibly caused by a downed power line on October 7.
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Firefighters respond to a pre-dawn house fire in Satellite Beach, Florida, that was possibly caused by a downed power line on October 7.
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Heavy rain billows in front of Exploration Tower in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on October 7.
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Heavy rain billows in front of Exploration Tower in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on October 7.
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People stand on a beach in Broward County, Florida, as the storm approached the coast on Thursday, October 6.
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People stand on a beach in Broward County, Florida, as the storm approached the coast on Thursday, October 6.
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A police officer walks along the beach in Singer Island, Florida, on October 6.
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A police officer walks along the beach in Singer Island, Florida, on October 6.
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The first outer bands of rain from Hurricane Matthew pass over downtown Orlando on October 6.
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The first outer bands of rain from Hurricane Matthew pass over downtown Orlando on October 6.
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A lifeguard patrols the beach in Jacksonville, Florida, ahead of the storm on October 6.
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A lifeguard patrols the beach in Jacksonville, Florida, ahead of the storm on October 6.
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Kevin Forde and John Haughey put plywood on a Miami Beach window on October 6.
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Kevin Forde and John Haughey put plywood on a Miami Beach window on October 6.
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Hurricane Matthew moves through Paradise Island in Nassau, Bahamas, on October 6. Capt. Stephen Russell, the head of the Bahamas National Emergency Management Authority, said there were many downed trees and power lines but no reports of casualties.
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Hurricane Matthew moves through Paradise Island in Nassau, Bahamas, on October 6. Capt. Stephen Russell, the head of the Bahamas National Emergency Management Authority, said there were many downed trees and power lines but no reports of casualties.
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People leave Disney's Magic Kingdom theme park, in heavy rain, after it closed in Orlando, Florida in preparation for the landfall of Hurricane Matthew, on October 6.
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People leave Disney's Magic Kingdom theme park, in heavy rain, after it closed in Orlando, Florida in preparation for the landfall of Hurricane Matthew, on October 6.
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A man rakes up debris from a storm drain as he begins cleanup near a damaged gas station in Nassau on October 6.
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A man rakes up debris from a storm drain as he begins cleanup near a damaged gas station in Nassau on October 6.
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Residents repair their homes in Les Cayes, Haiti, on October 6. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/04/americas/hurricane-matthew/index.html" target="_blank">The damage from Hurricane Matthew</a> was especially brutal in southern Haiti, where sustained winds of 130 mph punished the country.
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Residents repair their homes in Les Cayes, Haiti, on October 6. The damage from Hurricane Matthew was especially brutal in southern Haiti, where sustained winds of 130 mph punished the country.
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Girls hold hands as they help each other wade through a flooded street in Les Cayes on October 6.
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Girls hold hands as they help each other wade through a flooded street in Les Cayes on October 6.
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Two days after the storm, authorities and aid workers in Haiti still lacked a clear picture of what they fear is the country's biggest disaster in years.
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Two days after the storm, authorities and aid workers in Haiti still lacked a clear picture of what they fear is the country's biggest disaster in years.
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A supermarket shelf is nearly cleared out in Titusville, Florida, on Wednesday, October 5.
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A supermarket shelf is nearly cleared out in Titusville, Florida, on Wednesday, October 5.
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Bumper-to-bumper traffic lines Interstate 26 in Columbia, South Carolina, as people drive west on October 5.
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Bumper-to-bumper traffic lines Interstate 26 in Columbia, South Carolina, as people drive west on October 5.
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Workers start removing umbrellas and the colorful rocking chairs that line the Cocoa Beach Pier in Cocoa Beach, Florida, on October 5.
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Workers start removing umbrellas and the colorful rocking chairs that line the Cocoa Beach Pier in Cocoa Beach, Florida, on October 5.
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People carry a coffin and try to cross the La Digue river on October 5 after a bridge collapsed in Petit-Goave, Haiti.
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People carry a coffin and try to cross the La Digue river on October 5 after a bridge collapsed in Petit-Goave, Haiti.
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People cross the La Digue river on October 5.
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People cross the La Digue river on October 5.
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Evacuees return to their homes in the Carbonera community of Guantanamo, Cuba, on October 5.
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Evacuees return to their homes in the Carbonera community of Guantanamo, Cuba, on October 5.
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People embrace at their damaged home in Baracoa, Cuba. The hurricane rolled across the sparsely populated tip of Cuba, destroying dozens of homes in the country's easternmost city and leaving hundreds of others damaged.
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People embrace at their damaged home in Baracoa, Cuba. The hurricane rolled across the sparsely populated tip of Cuba, destroying dozens of homes in the country's easternmost city and leaving hundreds of others damaged.
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A woman cries amid the rubble of her home in Baracoa.
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A woman cries amid the rubble of her home in Baracoa.
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Anthony Schirado, left, and Tom Kennedy put up plywood to cover the windows of a storefront in Cocoa Beach on October 5.
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Anthony Schirado, left, and Tom Kennedy put up plywood to cover the windows of a storefront in Cocoa Beach on October 5.
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Bus drivers in North Charleston, South Carolina, wait for word to start evacuations.
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Bus drivers in North Charleston, South Carolina, wait for word to start evacuations.
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The high winds of Hurricane Matthew roar over Baracoa on Tuesday, October 4.
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The high winds of Hurricane Matthew roar over Baracoa on Tuesday, October 4.
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Beth Johnson fills up her car at a gas station in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, on October 4.
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Beth Johnson fills up her car at a gas station in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, on October 4.
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The mother of two girls who died in the storm is comforted near her home in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on October 4. The girls were killed when a landslide caused by flooding breached the walls of their house.
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The mother of two girls who died in the storm is comforted near her home in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on October 4. The girls were killed when a landslide caused by flooding breached the walls of their house.
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A worker clears a sewer on a flooded street in Santo Domingo.
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A worker clears a sewer on a flooded street in Santo Domingo.
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Anita Baranyi feeds her baby while keeping an eye on the generator she intends to purchase from a home-improvement store in Oakland Park, Florida, on October 4.
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Anita Baranyi feeds her baby while keeping an eye on the generator she intends to purchase from a home-improvement store in Oakland Park, Florida, on October 4.
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People wade through the flooded streets of Cite Soleil in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on October 4. Hurricane Matthew is the strongest storm to hit Haiti since 1964 and the first hurricane to make landfall in the country since the devastating earthquake in 2010.
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People wade through the flooded streets of Cite Soleil in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on October 4. Hurricane Matthew is the strongest storm to hit Haiti since 1964 and the first hurricane to make landfall in the country since the devastating earthquake in 2010.
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People observe the flooding of a river near Port-au-Prince on October 4.
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People observe the flooding of a river near Port-au-Prince on October 4.
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Children swim in a flooded neighborhood of Santo Domingo on October 4.
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Children swim in a flooded neighborhood of Santo Domingo on October 4.
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A truck used as public transportation drives through flooded streets in Port-au-Prince on October 4.
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A truck used as public transportation drives through flooded streets in Port-au-Prince on October 4.
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Hurricane winds blow against palm trees in Port-au-Prince.
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Hurricane winds blow against palm trees in Port-au-Prince.
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A food vendor lays out goods for sale during a light rain in Port-au-Prince on October 4.
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A food vendor lays out goods for sale during a light rain in Port-au-Prince on October 4.
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Haitian civil protection workers arrive to evacuate the Tabarre region of Haiti on October 3.
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Haitian civil protection workers arrive to evacuate the Tabarre region of Haiti on October 3.
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Officials urge residents to evacuate their homes in the Grise River area of Tabarre on October 3.
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Officials urge residents to evacuate their homes in the Grise River area of Tabarre on October 3.
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Clouds loom over the hills of the Petionville suburb of Port-au-Prince on October 3.
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Clouds loom over the hills of the Petionville suburb of Port-au-Prince on October 3.
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Families seek shelter from Hurricane Matthew at a university facility in Guantanamo, Cuba.
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Families seek shelter from Hurricane Matthew at a university facility in Guantanamo, Cuba.
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People near Kingston, Jamaica, take a photo in front of the rough surf produced by Hurricane Matthew on October 3.
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People near Kingston, Jamaica, take a photo in front of the rough surf produced by Hurricane Matthew on October 3.
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A backhoe removes garbage to clear a canal in Port-au-Prince on October 3.
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A backhoe removes garbage to clear a canal in Port-au-Prince on October 3.
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Nice Simon, the mayor of Tabarre, Haiti, holds a baby as she helps evacuate the area along a river.
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Nice Simon, the mayor of Tabarre, Haiti, holds a baby as she helps evacuate the area along a river.
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People stock up on food at a supermarket in Port-au-Prince on Sunday, October 2.
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People stock up on food at a supermarket in Port-au-Prince on Sunday, October 2.
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A worker dismantles a traffic light in Santiago before Hurricane Matthew struck Cuba.
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A worker dismantles a traffic light in Santiago before Hurricane Matthew struck Cuba.
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Motorists drive through heavy rains in Kingston, Jamaica, on October 2.
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Motorists drive through heavy rains in Kingston, Jamaica, on October 2.
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Residents of Cuba's Holguin Province line up to buy gas on October 2.
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Residents of Cuba's Holguin Province line up to buy gas on October 2.
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A worker nails a board to a storefront window in Kingston on Saturday, October 1.
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A worker nails a board to a storefront window in Kingston on Saturday, October 1.
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Barbara Hearst tapes her storm shutters closed as Hurricane Matthew neared Charleston, South Carolina, on Friday, October 7. The storm has left more than 1 million people without power as it moves up the East Coast.
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Barbara Hearst tapes her storm shutters closed as Hurricane Matthew neared Charleston, South Carolina, on Friday, October 7. The storm has left more than 1 million people without power as it moves up the East Coast.
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Adam and Alec Selent watch waves crash over a retainer wall at the Ocean Club condominiums in Palms, South Carolina, on October 7.
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Adam and Alec Selent watch waves crash over a retainer wall at the Ocean Club condominiums in Palms, South Carolina, on October 7.
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A police officer helps persuade a woman to board a bus and evacuate Savannah, Georgia, on October 7.
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A police officer helps persuade a woman to board a bus and evacuate Savannah, Georgia, on October 7.
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Preston Payne tires to hold his umbrella as Hurricane Matthew makes its way up the East Coast, Friday, October 7 on Tybee Island, Georgia. Authorities warned that the danger was far from over, with hundreds of miles of coastline in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina still under threat of torrential rain and dangerous storm surges.
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Preston Payne tires to hold his umbrella as Hurricane Matthew makes its way up the East Coast, Friday, October 7 on Tybee Island, Georgia. Authorities warned that the danger was far from over, with hundreds of miles of coastline in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina still under threat of torrential rain and dangerous storm surges.
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Heavy waves pound boat docks in Cocoa Beach, Florida, on October 7.
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Heavy waves pound boat docks in Cocoa Beach, Florida, on October 7.
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A women helps a dog walk through floodwaters in Port Orange, Florida, on October 7.
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A women helps a dog walk through floodwaters in Port Orange, Florida, on October 7.
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Damage in Cocoa Beach.
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Damage in Cocoa Beach.
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Waves crash against a bridge in St. Augustine, Florida.
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Waves crash against a bridge in St. Augustine, Florida.
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A car drives past a downed tree as the hurricane moves through Daytona Beach, Florida, on October 7.
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A car drives past a downed tree as the hurricane moves through Daytona Beach, Florida, on October 7.
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A billboard canvas flaps in the wind after Hurricane Matthew passed North Palm Beach, Florida, on October 7.
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A billboard canvas flaps in the wind after Hurricane Matthew passed North Palm Beach, Florida, on October 7.
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A motel in southeast Florida is damaged on October 7.
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A motel in southeast Florida is damaged on October 7.
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A woman inspects her damaged car under a tree in Fort Pierce, Florida, on October 7.
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A woman inspects her damaged car under a tree in Fort Pierce, Florida, on October 7.
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A space shuttle model stands near some downed trees after Hurricane Matthew passed by Cocoa Beach.
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A space shuttle model stands near some downed trees after Hurricane Matthew passed by Cocoa Beach.
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A home in Sebastian, Florida, is boarded up on October 7.
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A home in Sebastian, Florida, is boarded up on October 7.
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A woman uses her phone under a battery-operated lantern at a hotel in Titusville, Florida, on October 7.
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A woman uses her phone under a battery-operated lantern at a hotel in Titusville, Florida, on October 7.
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Palm trees on Cocoa Beach sway in the wind on October 7.
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Palm trees on Cocoa Beach sway in the wind on October 7.
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Firefighters respond to a pre-dawn house fire in Satellite Beach, Florida, that was possibly caused by a downed power line on October 7.
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Firefighters respond to a pre-dawn house fire in Satellite Beach, Florida, that was possibly caused by a downed power line on October 7.
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Heavy rain billows in front of Exploration Tower in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on October 7.
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Heavy rain billows in front of Exploration Tower in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on October 7.
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People stand on a beach in Broward County, Florida, as the storm approached the coast on Thursday, October 6.
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People stand on a beach in Broward County, Florida, as the storm approached the coast on Thursday, October 6.
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A police officer walks along the beach in Singer Island, Florida, on October 6.
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A police officer walks along the beach in Singer Island, Florida, on October 6.
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The first outer bands of rain from Hurricane Matthew pass over downtown Orlando on October 6.
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The first outer bands of rain from Hurricane Matthew pass over downtown Orlando on October 6.
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A lifeguard patrols the beach in Jacksonville, Florida, ahead of the storm on October 6.
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A lifeguard patrols the beach in Jacksonville, Florida, ahead of the storm on October 6.
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Kevin Forde and John Haughey put plywood on a Miami Beach window on October 6.
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Kevin Forde and John Haughey put plywood on a Miami Beach window on October 6.
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Hurricane Matthew moves through Paradise Island in Nassau, Bahamas, on October 6. Capt. Stephen Russell, the head of the Bahamas National Emergency Management Authority, said there were many downed trees and power lines but no reports of casualties.
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Hurricane Matthew moves through Paradise Island in Nassau, Bahamas, on October 6. Capt. Stephen Russell, the head of the Bahamas National Emergency Management Authority, said there were many downed trees and power lines but no reports of casualties.
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People leave Disney's Magic Kingdom theme park, in heavy rain, after it closed in Orlando, Florida in preparation for the landfall of Hurricane Matthew, on October 6.
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People leave Disney's Magic Kingdom theme park, in heavy rain, after it closed in Orlando, Florida in preparation for the landfall of Hurricane Matthew, on October 6.
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A man rakes up debris from a storm drain as he begins cleanup near a damaged gas station in Nassau on October 6.
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A man rakes up debris from a storm drain as he begins cleanup near a damaged gas station in Nassau on October 6.
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Residents repair their homes in Les Cayes, Haiti, on October 6. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/04/americas/hurricane-matthew/index.html" target="_blank">The damage from Hurricane Matthew</a> was especially brutal in southern Haiti, where sustained winds of 130 mph punished the country.
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Residents repair their homes in Les Cayes, Haiti, on October 6. The damage from Hurricane Matthew was especially brutal in southern Haiti, where sustained winds of 130 mph punished the country.
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Girls hold hands as they help each other wade through a flooded street in Les Cayes on October 6.
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Girls hold hands as they help each other wade through a flooded street in Les Cayes on October 6.
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Two days after the storm, authorities and aid workers in Haiti still lacked a clear picture of what they fear is the country's biggest disaster in years.
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Two days after the storm, authorities and aid workers in Haiti still lacked a clear picture of what they fear is the country's biggest disaster in years.
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A supermarket shelf is nearly cleared out in Titusville, Florida, on Wednesday, October 5.
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A supermarket shelf is nearly cleared out in Titusville, Florida, on Wednesday, October 5.
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Bumper-to-bumper traffic lines Interstate 26 in Columbia, South Carolina, as people drive west on October 5.
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Bumper-to-bumper traffic lines Interstate 26 in Columbia, South Carolina, as people drive west on October 5.
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• Forecasters predict storm surges in coastal Georgia and South Carolina also could be as high as 9 feet, and as many as 15 inches of rain could fall from central Florida to North Carolina.
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• The National Weather Service warned that some places hit by Matthew could be uninhabitable for "weeks or months."
• The storm has killed at least 300 people in three Caribbean countries. The majority died in Haiti, said Civil Protection Service spokesman Joseph Edgard Celestin.
Reports from the storm's path

'Really dangerous'

Though the storm hasn't made landfall, it left swaths of coastal Florida with downed trees and power lines.
Matthew kicked up debris and street flooding in Daytona Beach late Friday morning. Video recorded by journalist Robert Ray showed metallic, foil-like debris and other small objects rolling down one of the streets in the city.
Debris flies through the streets of Daytona Beach.
Debris flies through the streets of Daytona Beach.
Florida Govs. Rick Scott said officials are particularly concerned about low-lying areas in and around Jacksonville, where there is potential for significant flooding.
He said all major roads and interstate highways were open as of late morning, and no major road or traffic issues were reported. In some of the counties that the storm has passed, it appeared that evacuations urged by local officials worked, he said.
Florida could get hit twice
"While the storm is still on, don't go outside," Scott said.
More than 22,000 people were in shelters statewide, he said.
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Major southern Florida population centers such as Miami and West Palm Beach appeared to have avoided the worst of the storm, as the dangerous eyewall stayed about 100 miles off the coast.
Florida power outages: More than 500,000 in the dark
Florida power outages: More than 1 million in the dark

Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina

As northeastern Florida braced for impact, coastal communities in Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina also were on notice. The storm's center could be near or over the coasts of Georgia and South Carolina on Saturday, the hurricane center said.
Georgia:
• Glynn County officials wrote on Facebook that "Conditions have deteriorated to a point that persons remaining in (the area near Brunswick) are advised to shelter in place for the remainder of the storm."
• Maj. Tommy Tillman of the Chatham County Sheriff's Office said the road to Tybee Island is closed.
• In Savannah, Mayor Eddie DeLoach warned those who stay that they'd be on their own.
• Gov. Nathan Deal has ordered evacuations for all counties east of Interstate 95. Deal has activated 1,000 National Guard troops.
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South Carolina
• Four counties and one city in South Carolina will be under nighttime curfews until further notice, said state Emergency Management Division spokesman Derrec Becker. Dorchester, Beaufort, Jasper and Williamsburg counties will be under curfew. Charleston's curfew starts at midnight. The curfews end each morning, at different times.
• Gov. Nikki Haley warned residents who didn't evacuate to go to a shelter. A major storm surge of 8 feet or more is approaching low-lying areas in the state, including Charleston.
• Although 310,000 people have evacuated the area, Haley says that's not enough. Officials in some areas are going door to door, urging people to leave. Police in Pawleys Island asked residents who decided to stay in spite of the evacuation orders to sign a waiver and list their next of kin, according to CNN affiliate WBTW.
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North Carolina
• Gov. Pat McCrory said the forecast had change, to North Carolina's detriment. "What we feared is now happening in North Carolina. The (hurricane forecast) model has changed dramatically," he said. "The immediate concern is life-threatening rain and water (from storm surge)."
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• Officials are concerned that eastern areas -- like Fayetteville, home to a large Army base -- that were recently flooded will see more rain from Matthew.
CNN's Derek Van Dam, Eliott McLaughlin, Dave Hennen, Sheena Jones, Max Blau, Holly Yan, Stephanie Elam, Catherine E. Shoichet, Rolando Zenteno, Keith Allen, Shawn Nottingham, Alexander Leininger, Chandrika Narayan, Tony Marco, Deborah Bloom, Devon M. Sayers, Nick Valencia, Sara Sidner, Jason Morris and Rosa Flores contributed to this report.

 

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