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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The center's latest update has placed nearly the entire Carolina coast on hurricane and storm surge watches. Experts predict Florence will regain its wind speed and make landfall as early as Thursday morning. South Carolina's governor ordered mandatory evacuations along the state's entire coast, North Carolina is requiring evacuations of several coastal counties, and Virginia ordered evacuations in low-lying parts of the coast, AP says. But downpours could prompt flash floods and mudslides as far inland as the Appalachians, making it hard for evacuees to find somewhere to go. Read more about Hurricane Florence at Weather Underground.
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