With deadly Hurricane Matthew bearing down on the southeast , Governor Nathan Deal hasjust ordered a mandatory evacuationof the entire Georgia glide — six county that are together with home to more than half a million hoi polloi .
Georgia has n’t had a tropic violent storm evacuation since Hurricane Floyd in 1999 , which wound up being a most - missy . Matthew , which restrengthened to Category 4 load down 140 mph breaking wind this morning , will make southeastern Florida this afternoon , and could start bringing leaden rainfall to Georgia later today . The storm is expected to stay strong as it travels up the glide , let loose hurricane - force ( 74 mph+ ) tip on Georgia and South Carolina by early Saturday . Storm surges of 5 to 9 feet are expected from primal Florida to South Carolina .
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— SJ Connor ( @SJC_SXL)October 6 , 2016
Everybody is taking Matthew ’s threat extremely seriously : “ This is going to kill multitude , ” Florida Governor Rick Scott said in a wardrobe conference this forenoon .
As of 10:30 ET , more than 1.5 million Floridians were involuntary or mandatory elimination zones . A voluntary evacuation of Charleston , South Carolina began late yesterday , with more excreting anticipated throughout the land after today . Thousands of National Guardsmen have been mobilized to assist .
[ Associated Press , The Weather Channel ]
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