Hurricane Florence's rain and wind are starting to hit the North Carolina coast, with life-threatening storm surges and flooding expected
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- The outer bands of Hurricane Florence, now a Category 2 storm with winds of up to 105 mph, have started to hit the North Carolina coast. Tropical storm-force winds are expected to arrive later today.
- The National Hurricane Center warned of "life-threatening storm surge and rainfall" in the Carolinas and mid-Atlantic states.
- Hurricane and storm surge warnings are in effect from the Santee River in South Carolina to Duck, North Carolina.
- Over 5 million people are under hurricane warnings as of Thursday morning.
The outer bands of Hurricane Florence, now a Category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds of up to 105 mph, are starting to hit North Carolina's coast.
Hurricane Florence's center is expected to make landfall somewhere near the border between North and South Carolina on Saturday morning, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC). But the storm's intensity will be felt starting Thursday, and it brings a risk of life-threatening storm surge and rainfall.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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