The latest report from the National Hurricane Center (NHC) indicates that Hurricane Florence is on the verge of becoming a monster storm, which strengthened rapidly overnight as it continued to gain strength over the Atlantic, 625 miles southeast of Bermuda.
Florence had maximum sustained winds of 105 mph and was moving west-northwest at nine mph, making it a Category 2 hurricane, the NHC said. An increase in maximum sustained wind speed is expected over the next several days, as government officials from the Carolinas to the Mid-Atlantic on Monday were preparing for a direct hit later this week.
“Rapid strengthening is forecast, and Florence is forecast to become a major hurricane this morning and is expected to remain an extremely dangerous major hurricane through Thursday,” the NHC said.
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Dare County NC has issued a mandatory evacuation starting today at noon. As someone who regularly vacations down in Cape Hatteras, this is one of the earliest evacuations I can ever recall. That's a really bad sign. And even prior to today's announcement from Dare County, local businesses were posting on facebook this past weekend talking about closing up shop early this week.
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ReplyDelete1158 - not yet.
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