![]() ![]() The governor also waived certain restrictions for trucks and heavy vehicles to help farmers harvest crops and move livestock before the storm, officials said. On Tuesday those orders were extended to Pamlico and Tyrell counties. Officials in North Carolina had already issued mandatory evacuation orders for coastal Dare county and Hatteras Island over the weekend. The last storm to hit the Carolinas as a category 4 was Hurricane Hugo nearly 30 years ago in 1989.įlorida governor Rick Scott, whose state experiences the most hurricane-force storms in the US, pledged resources, expertise and guidance to the three states in which emergencies have been declared. When storms of that magnitude hit the lower 48 states, they usually travel through the warmer waters of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico and rarely make landfall so far north up the eastern Atlantic coast. The NHC, which is based in Miami, said the storm’s center was located about 410 miles (660 kilometers) south of Bermuda and about 975 miles (1570 kilometers) east-southeast of Cape Fear, North Carolina.įlorence stands a significant chance of joining 2017’s Harvey and Irma as just the third storm to make landfall on the US mainland at category 4 strength (or higher) since 2005. “The bottom line is that there is high confidence that Florence will be a large and extremely dangerous hurricane, regardless of its exact intensity,” the hurricane center said. It is expected to be an extremely dangerous major hurricane ahead of its potential landfall. ![]() In its latest advisory on Tuesday morning, the US national hurricane center (NHC) said the storm is close to category 5 in strength, and had slightly increased in speed as it headed toward the east coast. Forecasters predict it will make landfall late on Thursday.Ĭurrently rated as a category 4 storm – the second most powerful on the national weather service’s (NWS) classification system – Florence would be the first storm in recorded history to make landfall at that magnitude so far north if it remains on its most likely track. Hurricane Florence is expected to bring potentially catastrophic winds, flooding and storm surge. ![]()
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