As Hurricane Matthew heads toward Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas, governors on Wednesday either ordered or strongly encouraged nearly 2 million people along the coast to evacuate.
The National Hurricane Center said the storm, now a category 3, was centered about 400 miles southeast of West Palm Beach, Florida, at 5 p.m. ET Wednesday, and moving northwest. As the hurricane passed through the Bahamas, it was a category 3 with sustained winds of 120 mph, and it is expected to be close to Florida's Atlantic coast by Thursday evening. At least 25 deaths in the Caribbean have been blamed on the hurricane, as well as extensive damage in Haiti.
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