“We have been reaching out to all credit unions today, and at this point the impact has been much less than originally anticipated for south Florida credit unions,” Kim Gay, director of communications for the Southeastern league, said. “Our concern now is for those on the eastern side of the state. The storm is lingering around the St. Augustine/Jacksonville area (at about 4:30 p.m. Friday) and we won't have much information on damage until later tonight or even tomorrow morning.”

In a Friday afternoon news conference, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry said three or four breaches have occurred to the sea walls, which is expected to flood parts of the downtown area, the Weather Channel reported. There also have been reports of flooding throughout city streets and residential areas in St. Augustine.

Much of South Florida, including Miami and Palm Beach regions, however, suffered no major property damage, according to the Weather Channel.

Additional Florida credit unions that were closed on Friday included CFE FCU, Dade County FCU, Florida Department of Transportation CU, Insight CU, Jax Gildco Employees FCU, Launch FCU, Martin FCU, Metro North FCU, Mid Florida CU, Orlando FCU, Priority CU and Publix CU. Space Coast CU closed 29 of its branches on Friday, while more than 20 branches were open from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.

A few credit unions that had closed their branches on Thursday reopened for business on Friday and some were planning to reopen branches on Saturday.

On Friday afternoon, Hurricane Matthew began battering and flooding coastal towns in Georgia, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Although the hurricane was downgraded from a Category 4 to a Category 3, it still is considered very dangerous and is expected to dump at least 14 inches of rain along the Georgia coast, according to local media reports.

In Georgia, at least five cooperatives announced branch closings, including Memorial Health CU, Georgia Heritage FCU, Members First CU, Savannah Schools CU and Core CU.

Hurricane Matthew is expected to hit South Carolina early Saturday morning. South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley ordered an evacuation of coastal areas in and around Charleston and Beaufort.

In that state, credit unions that closed branches were Carolina Trust FCU, Carolinas Telco FCU, Heritage Trust FCU, Georgetown Kraft CU, Marine FCU, Grow Financial CU, Safe FCU, Santee Cooper CU and South Carolina FCU.