Public schools in the Savannah area have closed as coastal Georgia prepares for possible impacts from Hurricane Matthew. “Those will last through much of the night Friday, at least through 3 a.m”.
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Deal said the state has already applied for emergency assistance from the federal government.
Emergency officials are reporting the first death in the USA directly caused by Hurricane Matthew. Gates to Cape Canaveral Hospital will be closed at 9 a.m. Wednesday to new patients. The storm is not expected to reach this region until late Friday.
In the end, he said he’s just “glad we didn’t hear the ocean coming down our street”.
“We’re still looking at 10 to 15 inches overall”.
The storm will begin to move out to sea and lose strength, but its track has the storm moving south again and back toward Florida next week. But we’ve made that label because it’s very important.
To assist with evacuations, Georgia State Patrol is closing Interstate 16 to eastbound traffic, allowing both sides of the highway to carry traffic west, away from the Georgia coast.
Officials said they acted due to a mandatory evacuation order issued for Glynn County and the rest of Georgia’s coast.
“It is the highest warning we can give people”, Governor Deal said at a news conference Thursday afternoon, urging residents to take Hurricane Matthew seriously. Low-lying causeways, like Savannah / Tybee could be impassable for days.
“It’s been nothing but wheels turning since we got our bags together”.
Flo say she’s concerned about the stray cats that wander the neighborhood and hopes they can find a safe place.
As you just heard, your City is positioning itself to protect Savannah.
Najar was already anxious about the storm, but a 5 a.m. phone call left her more concerned.
He said it was “scary as heck” overnight, adding that at one point “it felt like the windows were going to blow even though they all were covered with plywood”.
The Augusta-Richmond County Emergency Management Agency said in a news release that it has an agreement with Chatham County to take up to 5,000 evacuees.
Their biggest concern, says Clint Troop, who has lived on Tybee for eight years, isn’t being able to leave the island – it’s getting back. He committed national help in the case it’s needed. Forecasters said winds from the storm likely will damage trees and weaker structures and bring widespread power outages.
Hurricane Matthew is a storm not to be messed with. “We must expect the worst, and take immediate action”. Now she’s stuck in Orlando until Sunday.
“This one is the most iffy storm I’ve ever seen in my life”, Collins said.
Around the city, store shelves are empty.
In South Florida, lines at grocery stores were heavier than usual and some essentials were in short supply.
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Orange County’s Office of Emergency Management is advising residents to stay vigilant and informed as Hurricane Matthew approaches the state of Florida. “You’re on the water, you’ve got to go”. Georgia had around 50,000 people told to go.
