Highlights 1 Matthew is expected to remain a hurricane until it begins to move away from the US on Sunday. 3 Matthew skirted Florida on Friday morning with winds of up to 120 mph. Almost 1.2 million homes and businesses were without power late Friday as Hurricane Matthew blasted Florida, Georgia and North and South Carolina, electric companies said. On Thursday, NextEra Energy Inc's FPL power company, the biggest in Florida, forecast Matthew could leave as many as 2.5 million homes and businesses without service, some for extended periods of time. Matthew skirted Florida on Friday morning with winds of up to 120 mph (195 kph) but had not made landfall by the evening.

Source: India Today October 08, 2016 00:33 UTC