Evacuations in U.S. ahead of Hurricane Florence
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Wind approaches outer banks of North Carolina
This storm surge can be deadly and then the flooding that will come thereafter with rain being measured in feet instead of inches. People look out over the surf before Hurricane Florence comes ashore on Carolina Beach, North Carolina, Sept. 13, 2018.

Tropical Storm Joyce forms in Atlantic, Gulf disturbance still unnamed
Issac has been downgraded to a tropical storm and Hurricane Helene is still no threat to land. The current path has it making landfall somewhere between Brownsville and Corpus Christi.

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South Carolina's state capital Columbia is at only 89m (292ft). "We are totally prepared", Trump said at the White House. Screaming winds bent trees and raindrops flew sideways as Florence's leading edge battered the Carolina coast Thursday.

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But it's forecast to strengthen to near the level of a Category 5 storm - which has sustained winds of 157 miles per hour or more .

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Hurricane Florence weakens slightly as it moves toward US coast: NHC
The Carolinas will likely bear the brunt of Florence's wrath. "If there is a question in your heart, just leave", Malphrus said. McMaster had ordered evacuations for all coastal SC counties on Monday. "Now it might be time for the exam", he said.