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Hurricane Season 2016
Updates on Hurricane Matthew for Florida business
From Friday, Oct. 7:
- Here's the 11a.m.EDT update from the National Hurricane Center on Matthew. New watches/warnings issued. All watches and warnings cancelled in Tampa Bay.
- Gov. Rick Scott denies MDX's request to resume tolling on Miami-Dade roads
- FPL: 516,930 customers currently without power (10:00 am on Friday). But they are working hard and have just reported that, in Palm Beach County, FPL says power is back for most today, virtually all by Saturday.
- From Twitter: All flights at JAX cancelled today. Contact your airline - NOT the airport-for flight status and rebooking.
- Power outages across the First Coast due to Hurricane Matthew
- As Hurricane Matthew continues its march up Florida coast, hundreds of thousands without power
- Orlando Airport closed all day - set to reopen Saturday.
- Full list of evacuation zones, updates on power and fuel, school closures, university closures, government closures.
- List of Florida theme parks, attractions closed due to the hurricane.
From the Daily Pulse, Friday, Oct. 7:
Matthew hammers Florida, begins dayslong beating of coast
Hurricane Matthew's howling wind and driving rain pummeled Florida early Friday, starting what's expected to be a ruinous, dayslong battering of the Southeast coast. The strongest winds of 120 mph were just offshore, but Matthew's wrath still menaced more than 500 miles of coastline.
More from the AP, NPR, and the Miami Herald.
See also:
» Sighs of relief as Hurricane Matthew bypasses South Florida
» Extreme wind warning in Cape Canaveral area as Hurricane Matthew nears
» President Obama declares state of emergency
» AAA: Floridians not prepared for big storms
» Hurricane Matthew is a 'worst-case scenario' storm for Florida
» Florida's utilities on 'new ground' with Hurricane Matthew
» Air Force and NASA brace for Hurricane Matthew
» A detailed breakdown of the severe threat to Florida’s east coast
» More updates on Hurricane Matthew, here.
Next page: Updates from Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016
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