With Hurricane Matthew ready to slam the US in the next day or two, time is running out to get ready. "I cannot emphasize enough that everyone in our state must prepare now for a direct hit," Florida Gov. Rick Scott said Wednesday.

Officials in Broward County are asking some 150,000 residents who live in low-lying areas, mobile homes or along the coastline to evacuate before Hurricane Matthew approaches South Florida.

Hurricane Matthew, the strongest Caribbean storm in almost a decade, barreled into the Bahamas today, with the coastal U.S. lying in its path. The Category 3 hurricane will next slam the Bahamas with maximum sustained winds of up to 115 mph.

Air travelers were keeping a wary eye on Hurricane Matthew as forecasts continued to show it tracking toward the U.S. East Coast later this week. Underscoring the ominous forecast, several big U.S. airlines have extended their Matthew-related change-fee waivers to cover U.S. airports.

Authorities along the Georgia coast ratcheted up preparations for Hurricane Matthew, a dangerous Category 3 storm described by Channel 2 Action News meteorologist Brian Monahan as the strongest storm in the Atlantic in about 10 years.

Thousands of Americans were headed for higher ground Wednesday as deadly Hurricane Matthew crawled across the Caribbean and toward the U.S. Eastern Seaboard.

A hurricane watch was issued Tuesday for parts of Florida’s Atlantic Coast as Hurricane Matthew slowly roared through the Caribbean, pounding tiny Haiti with heavy rain and powerful winds and tides.

First requirement of a vessel or vehicle thief: know how to drive. Sunday night’s attempted yacht thief in Miami Beach failed that crucial skill.

The ship Caribbean Fantasy reported a fire after it launched from Santo Domingo en route to San Juan Wednesday. According to the United States Coast Guard, around 7:42 a.m., the USCG received 911 call, reporting a fire that started in the engine room.

Forty-six people abandoned a sinking fishing vessel Tuesday shortly before noon and were rescued by merchant ships that responded to a U.S. Coast Guard emergency broadcast, an official said.

Investigators Tuesday morning are hoping daylight can help them get a better idea of what caused a massive fire on two barges used to set off Plymouth’s Fourth of July fireworks display Monday night.

A fine day of fishing from the Lady Frances ended abruptly at about 11 a.m. Monday when the 100-foot excursion boat out of Galilee and a 70-foot yacht out of Newport collided on Block Island Sound.

A good Samaritan rescued more than 20 people, including schoolchildren, after their charter boat sank Wednesday evening in the Chesapeake Bay, authorities said. The U.S. Coast Guard said it received an alert with a GPS locator and a distress call: "Mayday, mayday, mayday. This is the motor vessel Karen N. We have sunk off of Bloodsworth Island."

It’s not only drones and driverless cars that may become the norm someday - ocean-faring ships might also run without captains or crews.