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Hurricane Florence was a powerful and long-lived Cape Verde hurricane that caused catastrophic damage in the Carolinas in September 2018, primarily as a result of freshwater flooding due to torrential rain.
Sep 17, 2018 · Florence’s wake: The hurricane battered the Carolinas over the weekend after it made landfall Friday, causing widespread flooding. More to come: Rivers in the Carolinas are cresting at major...
Sep 17, 2018 · Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina as a Category 1 storm and flooding from the heavy rain is forcing hundreds of people to call for emergency rescues in the area around New Bern...
Sep 19, 2018 · As of 5 a.m. Tuesday, Florence was a post-tropical cyclone. It was located about 105 miles west-northwest of New York City with maximum sustained winds of 25 mph, the National Hurricane Center...
Florence is now a category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind scale. Little change in strength is expected before the center reaches the coast, with weakening expected after the center moves inland.
Florence weakened to a 60-mph tropical storm on September 7th while over the central Atlantic 1300 miles southeast of Bermuda. Due to lessening wind shear and warmer ocean water temperatures, Florence regained hurricane strength on Sunday, September 9th about 750 miles southeast of Bermuda.
Florence is a category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Further strengthening is anticipated, and Florence is expected to be an extremely dangerous major hurricane through Thursday.
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Sep 13, 2018 · On Wednesday, Hurricane Florence stands poised to become the northernmost Category 5 hurricane in history, according to Weather Underground meteorologist Bob Henson.
On the forecast track, the center of Florence will move over the southwestern Atlantic Ocean between Bermuda and the Bahamas through Wednesday, and approach the coast of North Carolina or South Carolina in the hurricane watch area Thursday and Friday.
