NEWS RELEASES
The East Coast Prepares For The Worst As Hurricane Florence Intensifies
Editor's Note: This news item was retrieved and first published through The Washington Post's website.
According to the National Hurricane Center in a recent update, Hurricane Florence is rapidly intensifying on its path toward the East Coast and is now a Category 4 with 130 mph winds. Computer model forecasts generally project the storm to make landfall between northern South Carolina and the North Carolina Outer Banks, although shifts in the track are possible. Currently, all major news stations are tracking Florence's path and keeping us all updated.
For one perspective, Brain McNoldy and Jason Samenow from The Washington Post relates in his article: "Like Hurricane Harvey stalled over Texas in 2017, Florence could linger over the southeast for several days after landfall. Forecast models suggest that more than two feet of rain could fall over the higher elevations of the Carolinas and Virginia, which would generate dangerous flooding downstream." Residents along the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic coasts should continue to prepare for a major hurricane landfall and have an evacuation plan. In these coastal areas, heavy surf and elevated water levels are expected to arrive by Wednesday morning, and rainfall could begin by Thursday morning.
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