Evacuations Ordered as Hurricane Florence Aims at US East Coast
Evacuations Ordered as Hurricane
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More than a million people have been ordered to evacuate parts of the southeastern
Mandatory evacuation orders were given to parts of the states of
Florence is a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 215 kilometers per hour and forecasters think it will gain more strength. It is the most powerful hurricane to threaten the region in nearly three decades.
A Category 4 storm is capable of ripping roofs off houses, snapping or uprooting most trees, bringing lasting power outages and making areas uninhabitable for weeks or months. Florence is expected to drench areas along its path with 38 to 50 centimeters of rain.
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At the same time Florence is expected to make its landfall, another storm, Isaac, is forecast to be at or near hurricane strength as it moves across the Lesser Antilles and into the eastern
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