Hurricane Matthew will continue to impact millions of people in the southern United States—namely Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina—with power outages and winds until the weekend.
Weather officials say the storm has missed a direct hit on Florida, remaining off the coast of the upper portion of the state. Matthew weakened to a Category 3 storm as of Friday morning, according to weather officials. But dangerous winds of 100 mph were recorded along the Florida coast.
On Friday morning, the eyewall of the storm is just a few miles from Florida’s coast, according to CNN. Those in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida should evacuate if asked and should heed other warnings.
About 600,000 people are now without power in Florida. The majority of those homes are in Martin and St. Lucie counties, Gov. Rick Scott said. “But look, we’re only halfway through,” he noted. “We’re going to have more outages.”
