Updated: 4:30 p.m. EDT

(Bloomberg) – More than one million Florida homes and businesses were without power on Friday after Hurricane Matthew lashed the coast with high winds and heavy rain.

Volusia County, which includes Daytona Beach, and Brevard County, which includes Cocoa Beach, were hit hardest by power failures, according to an e-mail Friday from the office of Florida Governor Rick Scott.

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