- November 7, 2024
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National Hurricane Center tracking maps released at 8 a.m. Friday, Oct. 7 show Hurricane Matthew curving slightly eastward away from Flagler, but residents were feeling the effects of the storm by 9:30 a.m., reporting strong winds, power outages and flying tree branches.
“Still have power in the L section but the wind is really strong,” Amy Shields wrote in a comment on the Palm Coast Observer’s Facebook page. “Trees look like toothpicks.”
Residents in the B-Section, Z-Section, W-Section and Seminole Woods area were reporting power outages.
“No power in W section,” Rusty Rollings wrote in a comment on the Palm Coast Observer’s Facebook page. “Neighbors tree branches falling on my house and yard.”
According to a National Hurricane Center bulletin issued at 8 a.m. Friday, Oct. 7, maximum sustained winds in in Hurricane Matthew are 120 mph, with higher gusts, and the storm is a Category 3 hurricane and is expected to remain so as it hugs the coast of Florida Friday, Oct. 7.
