Collapse. Mark c gonzales Marcy Gonzales is in new smyrna beach. Reporter we are still feeling the effects here. Fortunately, where we are standing the flooding has started to proceed but you can see the wind is still intense. It has been strung throughout the evening. Strong enough to bring down trees and big branches. Again, it is not letting up just yet. Brushing and battering floridas east coast. Wind gusts surpassing 100 Miles Per Hour bringing down trees and power lines. Leaving hundreds of thousands of people in the dark. But the major concern, flooding. Starting in Central Florida already the forecasters saying the worst is yet to come. A possible storm surge as high as 11 feet in some places. Everybody that this is still a really dangerous hurricane. Reporter already, at least one hurricane related death reported in port st. Lucie and the death toll climbing in haiti. Nearly 300 killed and entire communities leveled. Hurricane matthew now moving toward jacksonville. There is p
Gary and marty. Marty weve had a roller coaster of a week. But sounds like this weekend is going to be beautiful. Downgraded to a category three this morning. But theres no shortage of harsh winds and driving rain in florida as Hurricane Matthew makes itself known. Early this morning. The National Hurricane center said matthew was moving parallel to and just offshore floridas east coast. Still they say even if theres no direct landfall matthew will still bring a devasting impact. Our partners are out around florida as the storm comes and in haiti 300 people are confirmed dead after hurricane confirmed dead after Hurricane Matthew tore through the poorest country in the americas. Officials there say some of the hardest hit areas are still impossible for rescuers to reach. One city has confirmed 80 percent of the buildings have been leveled. Water and temporary shelters as hundreds of thousand of people are in need. Hurricane matthew is making itself known on the campaign trail today. Bo
At that point it will start to be too late for anyone to evacuate. So we would still encourage all of you to take shelter somewhere above ground. This is going to hurt. Reporter millions of people still in the path of the storm as matthew churns in the atlantic. Sarah rosario, nbc news, Daytona Beach, florida. We will check in with sarah live coming up in a few minutes as we take a look at floridas the current forecast is charleston, South Carolina, in matthews part. Well check in there in our next half hour. Parts of nebraska have had their first measurable snowfall. Snow fell in the Northwest Region yesterday evening and into the morning hours. This is about an hour north of north platte. Temperatures there have been hovering around freezing. Blue skies in colorado today but definitely cooler outside. Meteorologist belen deleon is for the weekend, though. Yes. That cooler weather we had just in the past few days, just a little bit of taste of what that winter feel is like. In fact, t
Stopped at 56th and pena early in the morning to help a man lying in the road. Police say juan perez was hurt by another driver. Perez didnt like how the man was driving according to investigators, stopped in the middle of the road, got out and allegedly yelled at that driver. That Man Told Police he accidentally hit perez while trying to get away, Road Rage Police called it. My husband was not that person. Reporter none of this makes sense to perezs wife was, what a great man he was and everybody that knows him can tell you that. So its a big loss for all of us. Its hard to get through, but i just want everyone to know he was a great man. Reporter Police Reports say another car hit linas husband while johnson was trying to get him out of the road. Neither could get out of the it didnt have to happen. Two people could be living right now. Reporter the widows say they feel for each other. Life right now doesnt make sense. Anastasiya bolton, 9news. No one was charged in in incident. Ther
Friends say this man 28yearold Brandon Simmons was an active marine for 10 years but was recently discharged. They say he was last stationed in san diego and spent time serving in iraq. His last Facebook Post early wednesday morning reads, i command you to stop eating creatures from the water. Sunday he posted this photo from the film gangs of new york with a man that appears to be holding a machete and a cleaver. Those closest may have been suffering from ptsd or depression. They tell cbs4 he grew up in and out of foster homes and shelters in texas, loved ones say he leaves behind two young kids. Friends say he moved to colorado less than a year ago but investigators are still trying to figure out what ties he may have had to the campus. And we learned just a little bit ago police have named those two officers involved in the are on paid administrative leave as the investigation continues. Reporting live in denver, andrea flores, cbs4 new. Thank you. The man who kidnapped a woman and