The very center of that bull's-eye may be Camp Lejeune, the sprawling Marine Corps training base, where authorities were opening emergency operation centers, staging equipment and urging families on the base to build survival kits with food and equipment needed to sustain themselves for 72 hours. Roy Cooper said his state is "in the bull's-eye" and urged people to "get ready now." Trump says the federal government is "absolutely, totally prepared." States of emergency were declared by Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser for the nation's capital requested by Virginia's governor, and approved by President Donald Trump for North and South Carolina. That, folks, is extremely life-threatening." "All you have to do is look up at your ceiling, and think about 12 feet (of water). With time, the wind pushes the water into every nook and cranny you can think of," Graham said. "The water could overtake some of these barrier islands and keep on going. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)Ĭombined with high tides, the storm surge could swell as high as 12 feet. Florence is expected to make landfall by late Thursday to near Category 5 strength along the Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina coastline. MYRTLE BEACH, SC - SEPTEMBER 11: Michael Schwartz (L) and Jay Schwartz secure plywood over the windows of their business ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Florence on Septemin Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Seven-day rainfall totals are forecast to reach 10 to 20 inches over much of North Carolina and Virginia, and even 30 inches in some places. The eye of the massive storm is forecast to make landfall late Thursday or early Friday along a stretch of coastline already saturated by rising seas, and then meander for days. The storm is currently around 400 miles south of Bermuda and is moving at 16 mph (26 kph). Sustained winds were 130 mph (215 kph) Tuesday morning, but it remains a Category 4 storm and is expected to intensify to near Category 5 status as it slows over very warm coastal waters. forecast from the National Hurricane Center. There was little change in Florence's track during the 11 a.m. "You're going to get heavy rain, catastrophic life-threatening storm surge, and also the winds," Graham said. Hurricane Florence is expected on Friday possibly as a category 4 storm along the Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina coastline. WRIGHTVILLE BEACH, NC- SEPTEMBER 11: People stand near a lifeguard stand as Hurricane Florence approaches, on Septemin Wrightsville Beach, United States. "This one really scares me," National Hurricane Center Director Ken Graham warned.įlorence is so wide that a life-threatening storm surge was being pushed 300 miles ahead of its eye, swirling clouds that could deluge states from South Carolina to Ohio and Pennsylvania as it slows and then stalls over land. Many more were left to wonder where they might be safe if days of torrential rains unleash floods from the mountains to the sea. (AP) - Hurricane Florence churned Tuesday toward the Eastern Seaboard as a storm of "staggering" size, forcing a million people to evacuate the coast.
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