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Hurricane Matthew

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Hurricane Matthew now category 1

Hurricane Matthew has weakened to a category 1 storm. The eye is expected to cause significant damage along the coast of South Carolina, with maximum sustained winds of 85 miles per hour. The storm has already knocked out power to more than 200,000 thousand customers and is creating some of the highest tides ever recorded along the South Carolina coast. Matthew is blamed for more than 800 deaths in Haiti and four in the U.S. Kris Van Cleave has the latest on the storm.

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Hurricane aftermath in Fla.

Florida took the first blow from Hurricane Matthew on Friday, and while the storm has moved on, the state is still feeling its effects. Matthew erased part of coast Highway A1A near Daytona Beach. Storm surge coupled with high tide is creating large and destructive waves and flooding along the Atlantic coast. It comes with at least a million utility customers without power and a massive cleanup operation about to unfold. Errol Barnett reports from Jacksonville.

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