At least three people have died in North Carolina and three in Georgia as a result of hurricane Matthew, bringing the U-S death toll from the storm to 10.
As well, more than three quarters of a million people in South Carolina were in the dark after Hurricane Matthew hit the state.
Numbers reported by utilities serving the state show that almost 755,000 electric customers had no power.
That number is an increase from 485,000 late Saturday morning.
Matthew is not done with South Carolina yet and rain bands from the storm offshore continue to spin into Horry County and the Pee Dee in the northeastern corner of the state.
The storm ate away at the beach on Folly Beach but did no major structural damage to homes on the island southwest of Charleston.
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said residents who left their homes should not expect to return home Saturday or Sunday.
Meantime, the lights are continuing to come back on in parts of Florida.
There were nearly 764,000 customers in the state who remained without power following Hurricane Matthew's slow grinding crawl up the east coast, according to new figures released Saturday afternoon by state officials. At one point more than 1 million were without electricity.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott said that the state's large utilities told him their goal was to have most of the power restored by Sunday night.
Officials continue to assess the damage in Haiti where the death toll is said to be nearing 900.