Will Hurricane Florence be the 'Harvey of the East Coast'?

Hurricane Florence.
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Hurricane Florence's winds may have settled for the moment, but those gusts are the least of the southeast's worries.

Despite momentarily slowing winds, the Category 4 storm prompted the National Hurricane Center to place nearly all of the Carolina coast on hurricane watch Tuesday morning. The hurricane will probably be the strongest recorded storm to hit so far north, Weather Underground's Jim Masters says, bringing devastation to unprepared areas and potentially making Florence the "Harvey of the East Coast."

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.