Florida. A number only expected to grow with the potential of storm surges up to ten feet. Florida governor, rick scott issuing a dire warn thag this is no joke. If you are in an evacuation zone, get out. This is not something you should take a chance with. Time is running out. Leave. There are no excuses. Evacuate, evacuate, evacuate. You have to leave. Theres going to be 20 feet of water in your house. Its scary. Right now, the storm is a category 3 hovering near florida. We have live team cover achbage from florida to georgia. We talk about this cat 3, thats sustained winds of 120 Miles Per Hour and gusts more than that. You have to remember to put it in perspective, katrina when it made land fall was a category 3. You cant just measure the storm by a category. Sandy, which a lot of folks across the northeast say is a benchmark for the worst storm they experienced was a cat 1. Because this is a category 3, we cant let our guard down. The strongest of the winds have remained offshore, we think its going to change in the next couple hours. You can see the well defined eye. The strongest of the winds right now and the potential for storm surge, 611 feet of storm surge. It could be devastating for florida and georgia because of the coastline. A new advisory coming out at 5 00 a. M. Which will give a lot of details on the track, where the storm is going and the models as well. The storm, again, just off the coast of melbourne, florida. Theres cape canaveral. This could take a direct hit from the storm, which would be historic. Lets look at wind gusts. A major hurricane and the core of the wind right there. It looks like it comes very close in the next couple hours. Will it make land fall . Thats not the story. Its the strongest core of winds whether or not they come on shore or not. That is the potential for obviously destruction and the rain threat and the storm surge. With lots of life when it comes to hurricanes, storm surge and the flooding is what kills most people, not the winds. We are concerned with the storm surge and the flooding. Then, ladies, we are going to watch this as it makes its offshore and per happen as beeline toward florida again this weekend. Back to you. Sounds like it could be days. Thank you so much. Well check back with you. You got it. Intense winds, stren shl rain reeking havoc in melbourne, florida. We have been in the brunt of it all night long. What are you experiencing now . I know you could barely hear us earlier. Reporter its getting progressively worse. We are in a lull at the present moment or two. We just lost all the street lights a few minutes ago. They are back on so, there was a big flash down the road. It could have been lightning. I thought it was maybe a transformer blowing. The lights are back on. Here we go. Here comes a stronger gust of wind and rain. The eye of the storm in the center and the big hurricane winds are still offshore and they are southeast of where we are so, Hurricane Matthew is still marching north up the coastline. This is u. S. 1. You can really see all the wind and rain just howling southbound down the street as we are on the western side of the hurricane. Its going to be if counter clock wise spin motion n. Miamidade county and Broward County is where it started. 25,000 people lost power down there. Power crews are quickly restoring it down there. Now, headed further north and the eye of the storm moved closer to the coastline and bring the stronger winds to the coastline. We have been getting gusts of 70 over on the beach, even higher. Its about three or four miles east of us. Vero beach reporting 70mileanhour wind gusts. Inland is going to get a lot of wind. Brevard county, where we are, 20,000 people without power now. People in jacksonville have already lost power. Here is what the governor said about the northern half of the state. You are going to lose power on the east coast. Theres no question, you will lose power. You are going to lose power. We dont know how long. We are going to lose power. Millions of people in florida are going to lose power. Reporter suggesting they may not lose power three days or five days, for a week. Could be two weeks. That will make things extremely miserable. Back to you. Stay safe out there. That cannot be easy. Thats the thing about the storms, you have the rain and a moment like that where theres just a little bit of peaceful conditions. Its so dangerous. North of melbourne in daytona, streets already under water. The worst is to come with with a storm surge of at least 11 feet expected. Talking about the wind. It is the floo iding, the wind. Where you are in daytona, they could see catastrophic flooding. Reporter exactly, ladies. Good morning to you. Thats the fear out here. The wind is impressive to stand against as we get the first real serious Tropical Storm force gust up here. We are inland from the beach area and we retreated across the waterway. That wont mean much when it comes to flooding. If you get a second to look behind me, you are going to be able to see the intercoastal waterway, white caps right there. The water has come up over the seawall and starting to lap up there. From there, a couple more feet before the lower level units here. This story is repeated dozens, if not hundreds of times up and down the block here in central, North Central florida. The wind is becoming a bigger issue in daytona, orlando and cities like that in the surrounding suburbs where they are worried not only about rain damage and flooding. We have one road closed because of flooding. We are also worried about the issue of wind damage to homes and those kind of things. 4 00 a. M. Right now. We expect the eye farther south between noon and two when the worst conditions will happen. Its eight hours from now to continue to blow and cause damage. Most of the people over there where you see the lights have evacuated. Thats the beach side, if you will. The police were very clear as conditions get worse, they will not be able to make it over the bridges to find people if they are in trouble. The police saying its not a matter of if people die in the storm but when. This is going to be an issue of negligence if people die. They were warned about getting out before the storm got too bad. Most people are in shelters. All hotels have been filled up. The question Going Forward is how close today toe that the eye of this storm comes and the most intense winds come. They come in bands. Right now, we have one of the stronger bands we have seen here. It will let up a bit and heavy rain squall lines. As the eye gets closer and closer to us, up the coast, then all of a sudden, the rain bands get more intense, the wind gets more intense and turns into rain and wind all the time. Ladies . Stay safe out there in daytona for us. Thank you. Well keep an eye on that. The deadly storm and the race for the white house. Donald trump hits the trail showing support for people in the path of the storm and Hillary Clinton stays behind closed doors. Peter is live for us in d. C. Good morning, peter. Good morning. Donald trump was in a swing state last night, New Hampshire. He was giving a lot of attention to voters in another, florida. All my friends in florida know that we are praying for you and everyone in the path. You have to take care of yourself. You have to get out of the area. You have to listen. You have a great governor, governor scott. You have to listen. It could be a really, really bad one. So, its going to be a rough couple of days and beyond that. Well see what the path ultimately is. Hurricane matthew, another variable for the candidates and their campaigns to deal with. The Clinton Campaign manager urging officials to give people who had to drop everything and hunker down more time to register as new florida voters. Our First Priority on Hurricane Matthew is that people are safe. We are hoping and expecting officials in florida will adapt deadlines to account for storm. The Voter Registration deadline in florida is october 11th. Our hope would be that a little more time would be given. Every vote in a place like florida could make a difference. The latest rasmussen shows trump 43, clinton 41. They are preparing behind closed doors for the debate. There are questions on whether or not it will cause it to be postponed or canceled. No changes in the schedule. This will surely come up on sunday night. Politics are always involved in these storms. Thank you very much, peter. 12 minutes after the top of the hour. A way to escape in georgia after a state of emergency was declared overnight. All of a sudden, the house starts coming down. Maybe i made the wrong decision. Well, its too late. Sure is. We are live in savannah where Mass Evacuations are under way. The monster storm downgraded to a category 3. The danger is still there. We are tracking matthews path. That is next. That is Hurricane Matthew lashing florida right now leaving a path of destruction. Millions could lose power, could be up to two weeks as the monster storm makes its way up the coast, dumping rain, packing winds up to 120 Miles Per Hour. The National WeatherService Warning of catastrophic surges. The storm could make landfall within the next two hours. Janice dean in the weather center. This is an hourbyhour storm you have to track. Yes, we are doing now casting as we speak. We are getting reports we are now seeing and feeling Hurricane Force gusts along the coast of florida as the eyewall gets really close to the coast and cape canaveral. Category 3 storm. Brandnew update coming. We will get new coordinates, the track of the storm and how powerful it is. There is a sign it is still strengthening. We are going to deal with the storm on friday for the georgia coastline. Storm surge and flooding. As we get into the weekend, perhaps a recurve. For now, we have hours and hours to go of this huge hurricane, category 3 hurricane. They have no record of Something Like this happening across the florida coastline. Its really unprecedented. The storm surge, this is the number one killer, water, when it comes to hurricanes. Storm surge of 10 feet plus along this vulnerable coastline especially georgia and the carolinas, that could be devastating for them. We have the most dangerous part of the storm to go the next 12 to 24 hours. Thank you, janice. In georgia, you heard janice mention residents along the coast urged to leave immedia immediately. Homes and businesses boarded up. With a few hours until impact waiting out the storm could have deadly consequences. We are live in savannah with new information on the evacuations there. What are you hearing . Reporter good morning, heather and abey. The buses rolling. They want the last of struglers out here. Mandatory evacuations. People have six hours to get on the buses and go inland. After that, the mayor and governor say the First Responders are going home, gathering their things and families and they will be out of here. Tonight, when the storm hits the georgia coast, there wont be anyone to come rescue you. The buses are running and they want everyone out. Here is ha the mayor had to say. You have people that will not move and will not go. When, all of a sudden the house starts coming down out there at the beach or something and wondering, maybe i made the wrong decision. Thats too late. Reporter think about the knowledge lacking in georgia. The last hurricane a category 3 or above was it was david, a very weak hurricane. We are dealing with a different thing here. Georgia is vulnerable because of all the inlets, the low lying area. We have 15 feet above sea level. Further inland, ugly things, too. Because we have florida to the south, they take the brunt of these storms. This is a new experience for anyone we talk to. No one know what is happens when the hurricane hits. Very historic area there. Hopefully they will be spared the brunt of it. Thanks. The time is 20 minutes after the hour. Capitalizing on a catastrophe. Hillary clinton accused of playing politics with panic. Pulling ads from the Weather Channel after being slammed for exploiting a tragedy. What the campaign has to say about it, up next. We are back with the fox news alert. Hurricane matthew unleashing fury on florida at this hour. The monster storm is just miles off the coast of melbourne. It could make land fall in hours. More than 270,000 people are already without power. It could be weeks before it is turned back on. The u. S. Military now on stand by mobilizing 4500 guardsmen in four states. Four bases along the coast will serve as hubs where search and rescue are by fema. 11 million has been designated for disaster relief. Hopefully all that is not needed. The Hillary Clinton campaign scrambling to weather. They are accused of capitalizing on a catastrophe buying ad time on the Weather Channel. The backlash and quick about face. Good morning, jackie. Good morning. It comes back to politics. Hillary clinton evacuating floridas air waves yanking political ads set to air on the Weather Channel. It comes after critics accused clinton of targeting victims for political gain. Trumps son eric didnt hold back when describing the intentions as, quote, evil. Im a guy, who maybe in a certain, crazy way believes in karma. Theres something evil and sick if you ask me. Thats the playbook. Typical politics. Rnc chairman calling clinton out on twitter saying pulling the ads after getting caught wont cut it. She should apologize. Clintons campaign passing it off as an honest mistake. Its unfortunate the chairman is trying to politicize the hurricane. We dont think that the voters in florida need this election to get mixed up in their efforts to get information on this storm. The political ads will run after the storm has pass zed through. Its unclear what damage they have done to clinton in a narrowing race in the sunshine state. Heather . Time sg everything in politics. The time is 26 minutes after the top of the hour. Monster Hurricane Matthew barrelling toward the east coast with 26 Million People in its path. More than 170,000 already without power. Holy toledo. Guess we are going to lose power. Florida, georgia and South Carolina under a state of emergency at this hour. Our live fox News Coverage up and down the east coast continues next. It is friday, october 7. Hurricane matthew showing no sign of letting up after ripping through the caribbean, killing 300 people in haiti. Stk eye of the storm in florida and the east coast. States of emergency in florida, georgia and the carolinas. The governors issuing dire warnings to the residents. This can kill you. We cannot save you. We cant take you by the hand and bring you. We cant take you and say you need to get out. I am begging you. Boarded up the best i could and did what i could to get by. Construction. We have a house that is here on the water. We said goodbye to it. 26 Million People lie in the storms path. More than 250,000 already without power. We have live Fox Team Coverage for you up and down the east coast. We begin with tracking a brandnew path in the weather center. What is the latest . We get the new advisory in minutes and will bring it to you live. Already seeing the Hurricane Force winds at vero beach. The storm is coming very close to the shoreline. See that band right there, the yellow and oranges . That is the strongest wind with the heaviest rain and the potential storm surge as it moves up the coastline. 120 Miles Per Hour sustained winds. Strong category 3 storm and very low pressure, something you would see in a stronger hurricane, a cat 4 or low end cat 5. This is intact. The structure is intact. We are starting to see the center of the very strong winds moving on shore, close to the shore of cape canaveral. If we have a land fall of hurricane 3 on cape canaveral, thats historic. 10 Million People under hurricane warnings. We have tens of thousands that dont have power. That is going to be ongoing as we go through the day today. Lets look at the track again. A new track coming up in moments. We think this could restrengthen as the core of the storm remains offshore and we have very warm water. The gulf stream is here. Thats why we could see the potential of strengthening and curving. Is 6 to 11 feet on shore. It could be devastating for them. That is something we are going to watch and into the carolinas where we have a brush of strong category 2 storm. What happens after that . It recurves and maybe comes back. We have to watch. Lets look at the fietuuture ra. 2436 hours, it makes its way up the coastline into georgia and the carolinas. This is saturday and sunday. The rainfall with this could be pretty epic for this region, upwards of 10, maybe 12 or more rainfall depending on where the center of the storm goes. Keep in mind, the flooding and the water is what kills people out of the hurricanes, not the winds. Storm surge. Expecting a lot of that. Well check in with you shortly, thank you. All the power outages. Daytona beach preparing for the worst and Hurricane Matthew marches closer by the minute. Streets under water this morning and the worst is yet to come. Live in daytona where we could see catastrophic flooding. You were in strong winds earlier, leeland. Reporter indeed. The wind has gotten stronger and we are a long, long, long way away from the worst that is about to come. In about eight or nine hours. The winds picked up considerably since the last time we talked. You can get a sense of how bad they are. If you turn your head, you cant lean into them all the way. It doesnt hurt when the rain pellets hit your face super hard. Once you get to Hurricane Force winds, thats what it feels like, like you are being sandblasted out here. We have a couple miles inland and its this powerful. We decided not to go to the outer islands. Well do that in a couple hours. To give you a sense of what we were talking about when it comes to flooding.