Florida Images Show Destruction From Hurricane Matthew

Images show the devastation Floridians woke up to Saturday morning.

ByABC News
October 8, 2016, 1:37 PM

— -- Floridians woke up Saturday to the destruction left by weather/hurricane-matthew.htm" id="ramplink_Hurricane Matthew_" target="_blank">Hurricane Matthew, which killed six people in the state and at one point left about a million households and businesses without power.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott said Saturday there are "unbelievable" amounts of beach erosion and fallen trees from the storm that lashed Florida's shores on Friday as it made its way up the southeast U.S. coast.

PHOTO: Workers from Davey Tree Service cut up a massive tree that closed Haven Drive in the Ivanhoe District of Orlando, Florida, after winds from Hurricane Matthew pass through, Oct. 7, 2016.
Workers from Davey Tree Service cut up a massive tree that closed Haven Drive in the Ivanhoe District of Orlando, Florida, after winds from Hurricane Matthew pass through, Oct. 7, 2016.
PHOTO: Rob Birch salvages a speaker from the trunk of his car which floated out of his driveway as Hurricane Matthew passes through the area, Oct. 7, 2016 in St. Augustine, Florida.
Rob Birch salvages a speaker from the trunk of his car which floated out of his driveway as Hurricane Matthew passes through the area, Oct. 7, 2016 in St. Augustine, Florida.

As of Saturday afternoon, Scott said 6,000 people were in 88 shelters in Florida and more than 878,000 households and business are still without power.

PHOTO: Brian Johns is hit by a wave as he tries to video the effects of Hurricane Matthew, Oct. 7, 2016, in Daytona Beach, Fla.
Brian Johns is hit by a wave as he tries to video the effects of Hurricane Matthew, Oct. 7, 2016, in Daytona Beach, Fla.
PHOTO: Beach erosion caused by a storm surge is seen after the eye of Hurricane Matthew passed Ormond Beach, Florida, Oct. 7, 2016.
Beach erosion caused by a storm surge is seen after the eye of Hurricane Matthew passed Ormond Beach, Florida, Oct. 7, 2016.

In the Jacksonville area, one person died although it is unconfirmed if the death storm-related, officials said.

“I’m grateful that the damage wasn’t worse than it is, but there’s a whole lot of work to do," Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry said at the news conference Saturday.

PHOTO: Portions of State Road A1A in Flagler County, Florida, were washed away early Friday, Oct. 7, 2016 by Hurricane Matthew, the county said.
Portions of State Road A1A in Flagler County, Florida, were washed away early Friday, Oct. 7, 2016 by Hurricane Matthew, the county said.

More than 1.5 million Floridians were ordered to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Matthew this week as Gov. Scott deployed 3,500 National Guard troops to assist in storm preparations.

"I've never seen anything like this before," Scott said in an interview on ABC's "Good Morning America."

PHOTO: A traffic light hangs in an intersection as Hurricane Matthew moves through Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 7, 2016.
A traffic light hangs in an intersection as Hurricane Matthew moves through Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 7, 2016.

After battering Florida as a major hurricane with 100 mph winds and then weakening while it moved along Georgia's coast, Hurricane Matthew made landfall in South Carolina on Saturday. The storm touched down southeast of McClellanville at 11 a.m. ET as a minimal Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Matthew is expected to weaken further to a post-tropical storm by Saturday night, ABC News meteorologists said. The latest forecast track from the National Hurricane Center shows the storm continuing on to North Carolina before taking a sharp turn east over the Atlantic Ocean and dissipating by Tuesday morning.

The hurricane has caused major transportation disruptions, with more than 5,200 flights canceled between Wednesday and Saturday. Amtrak suspended services in the southeast because of the severe weather.

ABC News' Jeffrey Cook, Matt Foster, Max Golembo, Melissa Griffin, Joshua Hoyos, Scottye Kennedy, Daniel Manzo, Daniel Peck, Arlette Saenz and Jason Volack contributed to this report.

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