Broadcast and cable news networks are dispatching correspondents to Florida and the Atlantic Coast as Matthew moves closer to the U.S. mainland. In addition to sporadic hits, many correspondents have taken to social media to document their experiences and how residents are dealing with the imminent hurricane. The calm before the storm, if you will.
The Weather Channel’s Dave Malkoff, however, is in Nassau, Bahamas, where Matthew is already pummeling the region. Here’s some extraordinary footage from earlier today:
Breaking: Debris already falling in Nassau, Bahamas #HurricaneMatthew pic.twitter.com/lP1k0r0u4g
— Dave Malkoff (@malkoff) October 6, 2016
ABC News correspondent Alex Perez is also in Nassau, and did a quick hit in the early hours of the morning. This video is brief, but raw:
Hurricane #Matthew bearing down on The Bahamas. Team coverage on the storm’s wrath and what’s headed to the U.S., next on @GMA pic.twitter.com/AUWoeRxuWt
— Alex Perez (@perezreports) October 6, 2016
His colleague Gio Benitez reported from Miami International Airport on the cancellation of thousands of flights.
Inside Miami International Airport as #HurricaneMatthew approaches. Thousands of flights cancelled– expect a travel mess across the nation. pic.twitter.com/kNoichaeXV
— Gio Benitez (@GioBenitez) October 6, 2016
Here’s an mid-afternoon report from The Weather Channel’s Sam Champion, who is in Juno Beach, FL. It’s pretty windy there, as you’ll find out below:
Live from Juno Beach #Matthew pic.twitter.com/cxLDnvKH64
— Sam Champion (@SamChampion) October 6, 2016
The Weather Channel’s Janel Klein is reporting from Brunswick, GA over the next few days, and documented how residents are prepping for the hurricane.
People in Brunswick, GA are buying supplies to prepare for #HurricaneMatthew. Here’s the bottled water shelf at the local @Publixpic.twitter.com/NnLOI4xljm
— Janel Klein (@JanelKlein) October 6, 2016
CBS News and CBSN correspondent Manuel Bojorquez was in Dania Beach, FL earlier today, and took video of the evacuation of a group home for those who have cerebal palsy. He’s now in Fort Lauderdale.
Dark skies over Dania Beach, FL as a group home for those with cerebral palsy evacuates its last resident. #HurricaneMatthew@CBSEveningNewspic.twitter.com/J8w67yPWdq
— Manuel Bojorquez (@BojorquezCBS) October 6, 2016
CNN’s Boris Sanchez is in Daytona Beach:
Captured a few seconds of our first taste of #HurricaneMatthew Had to get away away from pounding rain and harsh winds #Daytona @CNN pic.twitter.com/rZLST3mbTy
— Boris Sanchez (@Boris_Sanchez) October 6, 2016