Nearly 2M urged to evacuate on East Coast

Thursday, October 6, 2016

MELBOURNE BEACH, Fla. -- Hurricane Matthew marched toward Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas, and nearly 2 million people along the coast were urged to evacuate their homes Wednesday, a mass exodus ahead of a major storm packing power the U.S. hasn't seen in more than a decade.

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