Millions affected as Hurricane Matthew lashes USHurricane Matthew lashed the southeastern US coast with driving wind and rain Friday, flooding streets with ocean water, leaving more than a million people without power and claiming four lives. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images/AFP) / MB.COM.PH Large waves caused by Hurricane Matthew pound the Jacksonville Pier and was damaged by the storm, October 7, 2016 in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. Evacuation orders covered some three million residents, with cities like Jacksonville and Savannah, Georgia in the storm path. Cities including Savannah and Charleston in South Carolina ordered dusk to dawn curfews to keep people off the streets and guard against looting. “Pray,” Republican Congressman Buddy Carter, whose district includes the Georgia coast, told a news conference.

Source: Manila Bulletin October 08, 2016 02:37 UTC