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Florida coast later today. more than a million and a half people ordered to evacuate and over the next 48 hours, it's expected to tear across the state of florida, georgia, and south carolina. this storm is expected to make landfall just north of miami. tonight, officials have warned the historic damage from days of wind and rain could be in store more than 2,000 national guard members at the ready and florida's governor, rick scott, this morning, warned those in the evacuation zone must get out now. >> there are no excuses. you need to leave. evacuate, evacuate, evacuate. are you willing to t...

East coast for unprecedented 48 hours. we are live in the strike zone at this hour. this morning, florida's governor underscoring the dire nature of this life-threatening weather event. >> if you need to evacuate, and you haven't, evacuate. this storm will kill you. looking sharp, len. who's the lucky lady? i'm going to the bank, to discuss a mortgage. ugh, see, you need a loan, you put on a suit, you go crawling to the bank.

This is not something to take a chance with. leave. there's no excuses. the roads are open. you should get out. evacuate, evacuate, evacuate. our number one priority is protecting everyone's life. we don't want to lose one life. our number one priority is to protect everybody's life. matthew is strengthening near the northwestern bahamas. it's forecast to be a category four as it approaches florida. it's located about 250 miles southeast with winds of 125 miles per hour. on the forecast track, the eye of matthew should move closely to the florida peninsula tonight through friday night. these a...

Area and headed to beaufort, beautiful hilton head is highly impacted kben. again, with this turn, the strongest winds off the coast and down to category two, i don't think we'll get the horrible one but the storm surge is horrendous in the area and deal with the high winds too. so again, just got the brand new update in there, stephanie, and again, it looks equally as bad as we thought it would. >> equally as bad. the storm being upgraded to category four as we wait for it to hit land within the next 12 hours. the east coast of florida is preparing evacuations in georgia, carolinas, and flori...

One should be taking any chances. based on the continuous strong tracks with florida, i am announcing and activating additional 1,000 members of the marble guard. 2,500 members are now activated and another 4,000 ready if needed but we have 2500 activated now. i have directed the national guard to help with evacuations and with sheltering. national guard members also to make sure those who wait until the last minute to do so as safely as possible but don't take a chance that somebody will be there to make sure if you wait for you to evacuate. last night, i suspended all tolls in the affected a...