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Beth Johnson fills up her car after waiting in line at a Sunoco gas station in advance of Hurricane Matthew in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. Hurricane Matthew marched toward
Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas as 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.

                                                                                                                                                                                                               (AP Photo/Mic Smith)

Millions Urged to Evacuate as Matthew Nears East Coast 

MIKE SCHNEIDER             their homes Wednesday,        homes as Hurricane Mat-     an for Florida Gov. Rick                                          and Gov. Nikki Haley says
KELLI KENNEDY              a mass exodus ahead of a      thew makes its way toward   Scott, says the estimate of                                       she currently plans to order
Associated Press           major storm packing power     to state.                   people statewide who are                                          more evacuations for two
MELBOURNE BEACH, Fla.      the U.S. hasn’t seen in more  Most of the counties along  either being ordered or                                           more counties Thursday,
(AP) — Hurricane Matthew   than a decade.                Florida’s Atlantic coast    urged to evacuate is about                                        bringing the total to about
marched toward Florida,    A spokeswoman for Flori-      have issued mandatory       1.5 million.                                                      500,000 people.
Georgia and the Carolinas  da’s governor says about      evacuations along the       South Carolina has told
as people along the coast  1.5 million residents have    eastern most areas.         about a quarter million                                               Continued on page 3
were urged to evacuate     been urged to leave their     Jackie Schutz, spokeswom-   people to leave the coast