Updates on Hurricane Matthew for Florida business

More Closures / Cancellations

• See Jacksonville.com's Hurricane Matthew page for updates on closures and evacuations for Jacksonville area
• American Airlines flights canceled Thursday due to Hurricane Matthew
• Hurricane Matthew closes state offices in the following counties:
  Baker, Brevard, Broward, Clay, Duval, Flagler, Glades, Hendry, Highlands, Indian River, Lake, Marion, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Nassau, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Palm Beach, Polk, Putnam, Seminole, St. Johns, St. Lucie and Volusia.
  Gov. Rick Scott said, “I am directing all state offices in 26 counties to be closed so people who work there can stay home and prepare for this storm. I encourage everyone to prepare their homes, check on family and friends and evacuate if in an evacuation zone. This storm is deadly and everyone has to take this seriously.”
• Information on Florida Courts that are closed can be found here
• From Twitter: UF IFAS Solutions ‏@UF_IFAS
  Current closings for #UFIFAS include the following: TREC, EREC, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Pierce, FMEL and Hasting
• Florida State College at Jacksonville closed - will reopen Monday, Oct. 10
• What's canceled and impacted in Palm Beach County
• What's canceled and impacted in Brevard
• Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University announces closures, cancels events
• Two UCF regional campuses will close Thursday

Earlier, from Gov. Rick Scott:

• Noon on Wednesday, Oct. 5: Gov. Scott issues updates on Hurricane Matthew preparedness efforts as atorm approaches Florida - updates include a long list of closures, evacuations, shelters open, schools closed by county, university closings, state park closures, much more.
• Gov. Scott directs suspension of tolls, orders National Guard deployments
• Cat 4 Matthew to impact Florida Thursday

From the Daily Pulse, Thursday, Oct. 6:

As Hurricane Matthew strengthens, evacuations ordered for Florida's east coast

A monstrous Hurricane Matthew menaced Florida late Wednesday, maintaining a potentially disastrous trajectory that could rake the state's entire Atlantic coast and force the largest evacuation in state history. The Category 3 storm prompted mandatory evacuations in Brevard, Martin and Palm Beach counties, with more expected Thursday. More from the Tampa Bay Times, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, and Florida Today.

See also:
» Some models show Matthew taking double swipe at Florida
» Could Hurricane Matthew and Tropical Storm Nicole collide?
» Tourists focus on vacations despite Matthew
» Florida Gov. Rick Scott suspends tolls in counties of evacuations
» Hurricane Matthew could take out the US' newest weather satellite before it launches
» Officials at Mayport Naval Station take precautions to be sure sailors, ships are safe ahead of Hurricane Matthew
» More updates on Hurricane Matthew, here.

Next page: Updates from Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016