Millions of people along the southeastern coast of the United States were under evacuation orders on Thursday as Hurricane Matthew was about to become the first major hurricane to smash into Florida in more than a decade.
“You need to leave," Florida Gov. Rick Scott said on Thursday. "Evacuate, evacuate, evacuate."
Many people heeded the evacuation mandates. A few, however, pulled out their phones and started livestreaming.
A Facebook Live map of Florida right now shows at least a few dozen livestreams flickering on and off. Read more...
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