More than three million people have been evacuated from Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina as the United States prepares for Hurricane Matthew to hit.
The biggest storm in a century will bring 120mph winds, tornadoes and a 12ft storm surge.
At least 339 people have already been killed as Matthew swept through Haiti, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas.
The storm passed by one of the biggest cities in the area Miami - but is still on course to hit around 26 million people.
President Obama has signed a state of emergency for Georgia, Florida and South Carolina mobilising thousands of National Guard troops.
Families are risking their lives by refusing to leave their homes just hours beforeHurricane Matthew is due to strike Florida.
Residents who are reluctant to evacuate have been told they and their family ‘could die’ as the killer storm barrels towards the Atlantic coast.
Experts have warned the powerful hurricane - which has already killed at least 339 people in Haiti - could cause ‘immense human suffering’.
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