State of emergency declared for Florida, South Carolina as Hurricane Matthew closes in. Millions warned that ‘This Storm Will Kill You’ as death toll rises in Haiti.
Now, the deadly storm is heading toward the east coast of the Sunshine State after making landfall in the Bahamas with 130 mph winds, according to the National Hurricane Center. Forecasters in Jacksonville warned of “worst case storm surge scenario” and said “if a direct impact occurs this will be unlike any hurricane in the modern era” as the outer bands of the storm lashed the state Thursday night.
“This storm will kill you,” Florida’s Gov. Rick Scott said at a news conference this morning, urging that “the time is now” to evacuate ahead of the Category 4 storm.
“This is life and death,” he added.
