Hurricane Matthew closes in on Florida with 140 mph winds

A strengthening Hurricane Matthew steamed toward Florida with winds of 140 mph Thursday as hundreds of thousands of people across the Southeast boarded up their homes and fled inland to escape the most powerful storm to threaten the Atlantic coast in more than a decade."This is a dangerous storm," Florida Gov. Rick Scott warned as the skies began darkening from Matthew's outer bands of rain. "The storm has already killed people. We should expect the same impact in Florida."The hurricane picked u