Heart of st. Augustine, florida. It used to be a property across from the water as one of our producers noted, it is a property in the water now. Ill speak live with the citys mayor just ahead. And a look here from st. Augustine, just a few moments ago. Well, this tells the whole story. You can barely see anything. Weve been checking back for live pictures for sometime now. The city is just one of dozens of communities feeling the full force of the powerful storm. Officials say a woman in lucy county died last night, after she had a heart attack and the form kept responders from reaching her in time. Hurricane matthew has been scraping along the coast of florida for hours now. Trees crashing into homes, electrical power out now, nearly a Million People in the dark. Theyre working on it. Forecasters in our Fox Weather Center predict the storm will slam georgia and South Carolina overnight and into tomorrow morning and while they have downgraded the hurricane to a category 3, they say it still remains extremely dangerous and potentially deadly. Well, you saw the walters in st. Augustine. Forecasters say the hurricane could send a storm surge up to 12 feet in lowlying areas, pushing waves of water into homes and businesses. We saw this storm thing with Superstorm Sandy in jersey when it seemed like others had been fair. President obama warned families along evacuations and coasts to follow the instructions of their local officials. I think the bigger concern at this point is not just Hurricane Force winds, but storm surge. Many of you will remember Hurricane Sandy where initially people thought this doesnt look as bad as we thought, and then suddenly, you get massive storm surge and a lot of people were severely affected. We have live fox team coverage, Leland Vitter is live for us in Daytona Beach, florida. Garret is in jacksonville, the most heavily populated city, still in the path of the storm. First, lets go to jana steen, live in our Fox Weather Center. So janus, i know moments ago are learned that high tide in st. Augustine because thats the example weve been talking about all day now. High tide is now. They started at about 1 00 so theyre kind of in the midst of it right now. Absolutely. The strongest part of this storm is pushing on shore. So the counterclockwise winds are pushing the ocean onto the shoreline. And you can see the eye is here, the eyewall is here and jacksonville earlier on today was getting at least Tropical Storm force winds and now very heavy rain on the order of we could see over a foot of rainfall. Hurricane warnings are still posted for millions of people all the way up to North Carolina as we think there is the potential for a hurricane to be offshore of North Carolina and even virginia by the weekend. Thats the new forecast. Lets take a look at it. Storm surge, this is the most dangerous part of a hurricane is the water. The storm surge pushing into the coastline and because of the shape of the coastline, the counterclockwise winds is just pounding this ocean water into the coast. North florida, the vulnerable areas at sea level here, 8 to 12 foot storm surge. And thats why the National Hurricane center is saying this could be a similar scenario to what we saw with Hurricane Sandy. Because the big threat from Hurricane Sandy was not the winds but the storm surge that destroyed the jersey coastline and thats the big threat. Also, harris, the rainfall, look at this. I mean, 12 to 16 inches along the coastline. That also could be potentially life threatening. So the second part of this storm might be the one that we remember out of Hurricane Matthew. Flood advisories posted for millions of people here, and then the forecast wind gusts, this is going to be with us tonight, overnight, saturday, into sunday, and perhaps still as a hurricane, perhaps still as a hurricane as eventually it exits the coastline. So i want the folks in North Carolina and now virginia need to Pay Attention to the track of this storm system. You know, we learned with sandy, so many people. I had said it, thought they had been spared. And that was a blessing they had hoped for the best ask and it certainly happened. But we need for people to not let their guards down because they storm surge is fierce. Well check back when we can. If you do not leave, you will be on your own. Thats a quote, a warning from the mayor of jacksonville, florida. Of course, it could be too late now. Hundreds of thousands of people there are under evacuation orders, but a lot of people along floridas coast decided to take their chances, ride it out, and in that area, its getting hit. Team fox coverage continues now, garret tinny is live for us in jacksonville. Garret. Yeah, harris. You see the winds just picking up now over this last half hour. Weve seen gusts up to 80 mileperhour. When you get over to the coast, about 15 mileperhour from here, those gusts go up to 100 mileperhour. This is a metal chain link fence thats already been blown over. Add that to lots of debris you see along the street here and along the boardwalk. When you look out here in the st. Johns river, this river is swelling. Its gone up several feet in the last few hours alone. You can see the water is becoming very, very rough out here. Now, the wind, thats dangerous in its own right, but its the storm surge that weve been talking about. Jacksonvilles mayor was just saying about 20 minutes ago, the worst of it is yet to come. Two or three hours from now is when we will start seeing inworst. So this is really just the warmup for what we will see a little later, harris. Yeah. I know from just what youve been saying, reporting, that this has gotten bad very quickly, and you can actually feel the pelting now of the rain. So people farther south didnt get it as bad as its hooking around. What is the latest on the evacuations . Did a lot of people stay . Well, Officials Say theres no way to be sure exactly how many folks stayed home. There were nearly half a Million People under evacuation orders. They say they hope at least 50 or so got out. Down on the beach, though, we already saw people who went back home and theyre there now at least two blocks, the first two blocks of jacksonville bleach are completely flooded already, harris. Wow. We pray for them. Thank you, garret. Lets go farther south to Daytona Beach. That was one of the first places we saw things whip up. Emergency officials are now having trouble reaching people and reports of blown transformers, fires and downed power line. Dangerous situation there. They did say they would do their very best to help in life threatening situations, in many cases risking their own to save others. Thats what they do. Team fox coverage now continuing live in Daytona Beach. And look at the damage behind you now, leland. Harris, this is the first hour or so people have been able to go out in the streets and by people, i mean the First Responders who as you noted have been risking their lives over this storm to make sure everyone else was okay. The survey damage, not so bad. You see, this could have been a lot worse here a lot of torn off awnings, those kinds of things here. Were experiencing right now the counterclockwise winds janus has been talking about, and you get a sense of what happened here by looking at the debris field and what this storm did in terms of washing all this debris up here. We may have lucked out a little bit, especially in this part of Daytona Beach. As you notice, it just comes to the crest here of the beach access, and theres a reasonable thought that had this water surged, quite literally, up over to just where im standing now, another foot, maybe, and you would have had massive flooding back down there into Daytona Beach on the beach side. In the mainland side, we saw flooding there. Nothing too severe, but certainly the surge flooding that makes you really wish youd kayak rather than a car on many of the streets in Daytona Beach right now. You know, i have to start to wonder. I mean, florida is so prepared for these things if maybe youre talking about a foot would have made a difference, if theyve done things in florida that maybe havent been done in other places to help people down there. Are people still able to leave if they want to get out at this point . If you dont have electricity, its a mess behind you. You may choose, even though you ro rode it out, to go someplace else. The roads are open. The issue is two things. One, where do you go . All the hotels within about 6 hours of here are sold out. Number two, how are you going to get there . Fuel. Weve driven all up and down here, and thankfully, we brought fuel cans with us. If you dont have those kinds of supplies, youre not able to get very far. Gas stations in orlando had sold out pumps, as well. The difficulty may not be so much wanting to or the road ability but simply the ability of gas and finding a place to stay. In terms of the power, almost a Million People with the lights out. Most if not all of Daytona Beach has lost power here. Certainly the place were staying doesnt have any power. Now comes the challenge for the pour crews to prioritize how quickly they can get the lights back on. We do know theyve staged dozens if not hundreds of power crews all the way around who can move in as soon as the winds die down. And also just in the past hour, we saw National Guard troops moving in, as well, and we know they can do magical work once theyre given the order to mobilize. I hear it in your voice. Were going to let you get out of the way of some of that stuff thats blowing around. Thank you, my friend. Major transportation disruptions for much of the United States. The number growing, but so far more than 4,000 flights have been canceled because of matthew. Airlines are canceling 2000 today just alone and on the ground early on, we saw amtrak suspend service in the southeast because of the severe weather. They said no backup plan for that, theyll just roll the trains back on when they can. And this rare site today. Do you know what that is at Orlando Airport . Every flight and in out, grounded. Airlines are canceling flights in georgia and South Carolina, the storms next stops. And were there live. Team fox coverage continues next as matthew is expected to put the ocean in play. Surge danger, stay close. Surge danger, stay close. What are you doing . Getting your quarter back. Fountains dont earn interest, david. You know i work at ally. I was being romantic. You know what i find romantic . A robust annual percentage yield thats what i find romantic. This is literally throwing your money away. I think its over there. That way . Yeah, a little further up. What year was that quarter . What year is that one . 98 thats the one. You got it nothing stops us from doing right by our customers. Ally. Do it right. Lets get out of that water. Ally. Do it right. 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But emergency workers say theyre finding more bodies as the waters begin to recede. Among the dead, a woman and her 6yearold daughter. They had abandoned their flimsy home in a desperate attempt to find shelter inside of a church. A local mayor said, quote, the wind took them. A u. S. Navy spokesperson today said a transport ship is headed to the caribbean nation. He says it will provide tens of thousands of gallons of freshwater to people of haiti every day. The ship also has helicopters and bull dozers on board. Wow. Theyve been through a lot. South carolina people, their families and businesses are bracing for Hurricane Matthew now. Good afternoon Nicky Haleigh making a final plea for people to get out, higher ground, away from the coast. Theres still time. There is nothing safe about whats getting ready to happen. This is the last time you will hear my voice when i am asking you to evacuate. We need everybody to consider evacuating and really take this very seriously. Well, we dont know exactly the pinpoint, but we have seen this storm come through places like st. Augustine which we showed you earlier this hour. So its packing some heat. It could come close to charleston by the early hours of tomorrow. Jonathan is live in folly beach, a Barrier Island. Oh, boy, off the coast of charleston. I can see how the conditions are. Theyre whipping. Yeah, they are. The winds are picking up. Its been raining. Sometimes very intense. But the main concern for residents and officials here on the Barrier Island communities is the storm surge. What is the storm surge going to do . Id like to show you video we took from the drone just before the rains began. And you can see the atlanta just really churning along the coast of folly beach, which is on folly island, one of the multiple Barrier Islands off the coast of charleston. These communities are very prone to storm surge. Its something that can also affect places far inland because of all of the rivers and other tributaries feeding into the atlantic, the Water Systems are also connected here. And then further inland, theres still a potential for flash flooding caused by the heavy rains that are expected from this storm system. So as you saw, the governor very concerned about the warnings that shes getting from meteorologists tracking the storm. Yeah, im going to be asking an expert this later in the hour, but it certainly seems like when the form first hit south florida, it didnt have the grip that it seems to have as we get along later in today. So now some people may have decided, yeah, we still want to evacuate. Is it too late . Its not too late, but time is rapidly running out. And here is the concern. As the winds start picking up, especially once they exceed 40 miles an hour, theres tall bridges where its just going to be dangerous to be driving way up high on those bridges. And then you have low lying roads and highways and are prone to flooding. And so youre going to have a lot of these areas that could potentially become isolated from the mainland, even people takine this, theyre going to be just fine from the winds in the storm, but the question is, how long will they have to wait before they can drive to the mainland if the areas surrounded by water . You know, most people have enough food in their fridge to last for a couple days, of course thats when you have electricity. But i worry about people with medicines and things. Youre talking now, people having to make late, hard choices. Stay safe out there. Thank you. The director of the National Hurricane center says the storm is not over. We can see that now. Every time we go to a new place, look at it. And hes warning people not to underestimate it. That seems to be a theme this hour because it didnt hit as hard as we thought it might in earlier parts of florida. 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