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Two women became embroiled in a brutal scrap over the last case of water in a supermarket ahead of Hurricane Matthew , its reported.

People have been panic-buying food and supplies as the deadly storm sweeps in from the Caribbean and is expected to affect 12 million Americans.

The can be seen repeatedly battering and pulling each others hair in the middle of a Walmart store, apparently after one of them put the store's last water bottles in her trolley.

A man and two other women can be seen trying to break up the violent row but to little avail as the pair move and just continue throwing punches.

(Image: WSHH)

(Image: WSHH)

The taller of the two women then grabs a trolley and starts ramming it into the other woman, forcing her into a display unit where she crashes into several boxes.

She then turns and starts throwing the packages at the woman behind the trolley, who in turn charges towards her.

But before she reaches the smaller woman they then separate and go in different directions as the argument appears to be over.

It's not clear where or when the video was filmed but it was allegedly taken in Florida in the lead up to Hurricane Matthew, according to various websites.

(Image: Rex) (Image: Rex) (Image: Rex)

Apocalyptic scenes have played out in cities and towns in the path of the storm as people who are staying put stock up on food and other supplies.

Supermarket shelves have been cleared of almost every item, meaning there could be dire consequences for those who haven't already purchased enough goods to get them through a potentially catastrophic storm and uncertain aftermath.

Those who have decided to flee to safer ground - or need fuel to run generators if and when the power goes out - are facing long queues at petrol stations as the state faces what could be its biggest evacuation ever.

More than three million people have been evacuated from Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina as the biggest storm in the last century begins to wreck havoc.

(Image: Rex) (Image: Rex)

At least 339 people have already been killed as Matthew swept through Haiti, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas.

The storm passed by one of the biggest cities in the area Miami - but is still on course to hit around 26 million people.

President Obama has signed a state of emergency for Georgia, Florida and South Carolina mobilising thousands of National Guard troops.