Killer Hurricane Matthew forces Legoland and SeaWorld Florida to shut their doors… while Disney and Universal Studios could be next
Theme parks are preparing for 120mph winds of Matthew as it bears down on Florida after wreaking havoc in the Caribbean
FLORIDA'S theme parks are taking no chances in the face of incoming Hurricane Matthew - with several confirming they will close tomorrow.
SeaWorld announced it will close early today before the storm makes landfall tonight and remain shut on Friday.
Aquatica Water Park and Discovery Cove will be closed both days while LEGOLAND is set to also shut its doors tomorrow.
Universal Studios and DisneyWorld are yet to announce if they will close to the public.
More than 20million people attend SeaWorld last year alone.
Among them are tens of thousands of Brits who could be caught up in the chaos with 1.4million visiting Florida every year.
The state is facing its biggest-ever evacuation with nearly two million people being warned to flee oncoming Hurricane Matthew.
The category three storm's 120mph winds are bearing down on the state after wreaking havoc in Haiti, Cuba and the Dominican Republic.
Governor Rick Scott warned residents on the coast to get out of the way of the impending winds.
He said: "When you look at this storm as it goes along the East Coast, we’re going to have to prepare every county, so it could be the biggest evacuation ever.
"Every county is focused on it though. We’ve been working on it even before today."
Despite the storm being downgraded from a category five catastrophe, it has still proved fatal, killing at least 16 in the Caribbean.
Many of those are believed to have taken place on Haiti, where severe damage has been reported.
The storm is currently passing over the Bahamas and is expected to hit Florida later tonight before moving on to Georgia and the Carolinas.
Forecasters predict it could be the biggest disaster to hit the country since Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans ten years ago.
More than 1,200 people were killed after the winds destroyed levies protecting the Big Easy, causing devastating flooding.
Yesterday, panicked Floridians emptied the supermarkets shelves of essentials like bottled water and fuel.
The panic was worsened when the National Hurricane Centre said parts of Florida and George could remain "uninhabitable for weeks".
So far only two counties in Florida have been slapped with compulsory evacuation orders.
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