Four fishermen and a dog reportedly have minor injuries after a boat fire in St. Simons Island Sound in Georgia, according to U.S. Coast Guard officials.

Two men are dead after a speedboat accident on the Potomac River, authorities said. The Maryland Natural Resources Police identified the victims as James Melley, 49 and Garth Tagge, 61.

Early industry estimates had suggested that Hurricane Matthew insurance losses may be the second highest the country has ever seen. This storm represented the first direct hit the United States has experienced from a hurricane in over ten years.

A boat with 30 people aboard capsized on Saturday at Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco, trapping several passengers under the vessel’s hull before rescue swimmers managed to pull everyone from the water, though two children were critically injured, fire officials said.

Hurricane Matthew has thousands fleeing the U.S. Southeast where it’s expected to batter the coastline and threaten electricity supplies to more than 1 million people in Florida. Potential losses are seen as high as $15 billion.

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.