Florida Governor Rick Scott said the storm could lead to deaths and told residents to stay indoors until it had passed. It left 70,000 households in the state capital Tallahassee and thousands more elsewhere without power. Strong gusts downed power lines and trees as widespread flooding inundated communities in northern Florida before the hurricane reached into Georgia, where conditions were expected to deteriorate throughout the early morning on Friday. The National Weather Service issued several tornado warnings and watches for communities throughout northern Florida and Georgia on Friday. The National Hurricane Center extended a tropical storm watch north through Sandy Hook, New Jersey.

Source: bd News24 September 02, 2016 08:26 UTC