Re Hurricane Matthew: an Australian's survival kit for same category storm:

If you are staying at home during the impact and wake of the storm.

Needs:

Lots of water in bottles, + fill bathtub to flush toilet and wash etc

lots of canned food,

lots of lamps or candles,

Power, water, , internet, phones, etc can be out for a week or sometimes 2 weeks.

a battery operated radio is good.

spare batteries.

a tank full of petrol.

all important digital info on usb sticks in waterproof bag.

all documents in heavy waterproof boxes.

Batten down, and best wishes.

PS when looking at the circle of the storm, on satellite, the winds are much higher /stronger at the top right quadrant than at the bottom.

Our storms here have the opposite rotation and so the big damage comes from the winds at the bottom left quadrant as they hit particular places.