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Hurricane Matthew Threatens The East Coast, 2M Urged To Evacuate

1,788 views · Published 6 October 2016 · 3:10 · Indexed 12 November 2026

Channel: Roland S. Martin · 2016 · News & Politics

Thousands of people are heeding those warnings and fleeing the southeast coast where Hurricane Matthew is expected to bear down on Florida late tonight.

Hurricane warnings are now in effect for almost the entire east coast of Florida. Right now the storm is a category 3 but is expected to strengthen back to a category 4.

The deadly storm left at least 21 people dead and carved a trail of destruction in Haiti. Three hundred thousand people are now in shelters there.

Here in the U-S, the governors of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina have declared states of emergency, and National Guard troops are standing by.

Many residents have evacuated already while others are preparing to ride the storm out, which local officials are urging people not to do.

Again, more than two million people are being urged to leave their homes which makes this the largest evacuation since Hurricane Sandy back in 2012.

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Hurricane Matthew Threatens The East Coast, 2M Urged To Evacuate

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