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Hurricane Florence continued to sweep through a portion of the southeastern United States on Friday, bringing powerful winds and storm surge warnings and "potentially deadly" rains, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm landed in North Carolina shortly after 7 am, the center said.
Collapsed roofs and other structures have already been reported in the Morehead City and New Bern areas of North Carolina. New Bern has been particularly affected, with more than 100 people stranded in their homes and needing a rescue. The large and dangerous storm is expected to continue to hit parts of North Carolina and South Carolina on Friday. Follow Hurricane Florence's itinerary here.
8 o'clock in the morning: over 400,000 without electricity in North Carolina
State officials in North Carolina reported Friday morning that more than 400,000 customers were facing power outages this morning, a number that is expected to increase as storm winds continue to tear trees and trees. power lines. The unavailability maps provided by Duke Energy showed that more than a quarter of them were concentrated in two areas of the state's coast: one around Wilmington and the other around Morehead City.
– Mark Berman
19h39: Florence enters North Carolina
According to the National Hurricane Center, Hurricane Florence made landfall near Wrightsville Beach, NB, at 7:15 am The storm hit with maximum winds estimated at 90 mph.
In a report released Friday morning, the hurricane center said the "center of the eye of Hurricane Florence finally landed" after the slow, biting approach to the storm on the southeast coast.
– Mark Berman
Friday 6 pm: The Florence ticket office is on the ground. The center of the storm is expected to arrive shortly after Wilmington, while hundreds of thousands of people are losing power.
According to the National Hurricane Center, the National Weather Service reports that Hurricane Florence is moving to Wilmington, NC, according to the National Hurricane Center, and that the storm center is currently about 10 miles away. is from Wilmington. 80 miles north of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Gusts of up to 70 mph have been recorded near Topsail Beach, N.C.
In North Carolina, 321,692 households currently lack electricity, according to the state's Emergency Management Department.
Already high water levels are expected to increase further as the tide increases, and flash flood warnings continue in Wilmington, Washington, Riverbend and Vanceboro, North Carolina.
Friday 5 pm: Alert Saying issued as Florence approaches land
As Hurricane Florence was about to land, the National Hurricane Center was only forecasting a gradual decrease in the intensity of the storm for the day ahead.
"It can not be overemphasized that the most serious risk associated with the slow traffic in Florence is very high rainfall, which will cause disastrous floods that will spread inland over the weekend," warns. the last update.
At 5 am, the hurricane was turning west and was traveling at a speed of about 6 miles to the hour. Over the next two or three days, it should gradually turn to the northwest.
–Antonia Farzan
Friday 16.45: People stuck on the roofs and trapped in cars as the eyes get closer to the coast
After hitting the coast during the night with a powerful wind and tens of centimeters of rain, the outer bands of Hurricane Florence continued to spread inland. At 4:00 am, the national meteorological service published an update on the storm, noting that the wall of Florence's eye was beginning to reach the coast.
"The water levels in Pamplico Sound and Emerald Island remain high," the update noted. "It is expected that these waters will increase as the tides come back.A USGA gauge at Emerald Isle, North Carolina, recently recorded 6.6 feet of flood."
On the ground, the situation remains serious as flooding has continued to engulf residential areas.
The Craven County Emergency Operations Center has received more than 100 calls from people trapped in cars or water arriving home, said spokeswoman Amber Parker. Some residents of the area are currently trapped on the roofs waiting for fast rescue teams to arrive, the area continuing to experience extreme floods, storm surges and high winds. With a curfew in effect until 8 am and many roads in the area closed, people who are experiencing flooding at home have little choice but to go to the hotel. wait for the arrival of help.
Michael Nelson floats in a boat made from a metal tank and fishing floats after the Neuse crossed his shores and flooded his street in New Bern, N.C. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)
New Bern is the largest city in Craven County and has experienced severe flooding, but many calls have also been launched from unincorporated areas of the county, she added. Rescue operations are in progress.
Parker noted that county officials had offered free transportation to emergency shelters located in Sanford, more inland, and that 107 people had taken advantage of the opportunity to s & # 39; Away from the coast. Another 839 people had arrived at shelters in Craven County at 1 pm, she said.
The emergency operations center in New Bern, where Parker is based, has experienced floods earlier at night, but only in the lobby, she says. Emergency operations personnel have not been affected, but expect to see a lot of damage when the sun rises.
"Everyone is certainly hoping for the best, but we still have a flood and a storm surge ahead of us," Parker said.
At 4:19, the Fort Macon and New River National Weather Stations had recorded gusts of up to 100 mph. ABC reports that more than 194,000 people are currently without electricity.
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Posted by Amy Powell Johnson on Thursday, September 13, 2018
– Kyle Swenson and Antonia Farzan
Friday 15:00 PM: Wind Gusts: 99 mph
At 3:00 pm Friday, the National Hurricane Center released an update on Hurricane Florence, showing increasingly violent winds on the North Carolina coast.
According to last version, a station in Fort Macon, North Carolina, recently reported a sustained wind of 73 mph and a gust of 99 mph. A station in Cape Lookout, North Carolina, recorded a sustained wind of 75 mph while gusting at 90 mph.
– Kyle Swenson
Friday 3:00 pm: The storm falls on the second oldest city of North Carolina
As the wind and water continued to hit the North Carolina coast on Friday morning, one of the most historic cities in the region was directly affected by Hurricane Florence.
New Bern, the second oldest city in the state, is where the Trent River flows into the Neuse. This place has made the city an important early settlement throughout the colonial period – but also leaves it open to the weather today. Friday early the city ad emergency teams have already started rescue operations on the high seas while 150 residents were waiting for help. At 2 am, a USGS substation in New Bern measured a water level of nearly 10 feet, double the readings at any location. The National Meteorological Service issued a flash flood warning for a coastal band of North Carolina – including New Bern – until 8:30.
Swelling water threatens a significant part of the local history. According to the city's website, New Bern has more than 150 sites and 36 individual listings on the National Register of Historic Places, including houses, churches and cemeteries.
The first Europeans to sleep in the area were Swiss and Germans led by Baron Christopher de Graffenried in 1710. The baron named the new one after his hometown in Switzerland. Under British rule, New Bern was the capital of the colony in 1770.
The Tryon Palace Fife and Drum Corps parade at the fourth Glorious event held on the historic site of the Tryon Palace in New Bern, N.C., on July 4, 2018. (Gray Whitley / Sun Journal via AP)
The city was also an important chess piece during the Civil War, falling into the occupation of the Union after a battle in 1862. Two years later, the city was the scene of the war. a horrible epidemic of yellow fever, according to history published by the University of North Carolina.
The greatest impact of New Bern on the world stage was probably the birthplace of Pepsi. According to the history of the university, in 1898, a pharmacist named Caleb Bradham created the concoction – called "Bred's Drink" – to help digestion of the stomach. Financial difficulties forced Bradham to sell his recipe in 1920.
Now it is the popular and picturesque southern city that attracts thousands of tourists.
– Kyle Swenson
Friday 14.30: Intense floods continue in New Bern as 150 people wait for the rescue.
At 2 am, Hurricane Florence was located 35 miles east of Wilmington, North Carolina, with sustained winds reaching 90 miles by the hour. As the hurricane continued to slowly cross the coast of North Carolina, it seems that the city of New Bern has experienced the worst floods.
Officials from the city of New Bern have announced on Twitter that about 150 people are currently waiting for rescue. Two out-of-state FEMA teams are currently in the process and others are about to help respond to emergencies, the statement said.
A gauge in the Trent River, near Highway 70, in New Bern, recorded 9.78 feet of flood, the highest in the region. At Bogue Sound, near the North Carolina Highway, on Route 58 in Emerald Isle, North Carolina, more than 9 inches of rain has fallen in the last 6 hours and water levels have increased more than 5 feet.
On MSNBC, the mayor of New Bern, Dana Outlaw, said that as many as 14,000 people in the city currently lack power. There were a lot of rescues, he said.
In North Carolina, 185,312 people are currently without electricity, the state's emergency management department said. Counties of Carteret, Onslow and Craven, located on the southeast coast, recorded the greatest number of outages.
In Onslow Bay, the National Data Buoy Center recorded waves over 18 feet in height.
Earlier in the evening, NewsChannel 12 meteorologists and journalists in New Bern, North Carolina, were evacuated from the station due to rising water levels. "When conditions in the area suddenly escalated, we called our evacuation crews to evacuate the area and team up with our sister station WPDE in Myrtle Beach to continue to weather the storm and provide our viewers with vital services. information, "said general manager Matt Bowman in a statement.
Adam Owens, a WRAL reporter, captured the floodwaters pouring into the Craven County Emergency Services building in New Bern, where operations personnel and first responders are based during the storm. Emergency operators were still operating normally, he wrote.
The floodwaters enter the Craven County emergency services building in New Bern. Despite this, emergency service managers can still operate indoors. #WRAL #Florence #ncwx
Posted by WRAL Adam Owens on Thursday, September 13, 2018
– Antonia Farzan
Friday 1h20:
As Hurricane Florence continues to hit the coast of North Carolina, local communities are already reporting rescues as water levels continue to climb. On Facebook, the city of New Bern announced Friday morning that the local police and fire and rescue teams "are currently conducting rescues throughout the city."
The city also announced that Trent Park Elementary School served as a location for "those who needed to be evacuated."
According to one update from the national meteorological service at 1 am, a gauge on the Neuse at New Bern recently measured 10.1 feet of flood. The new reading indicates an increase during the night: at noon, the NWS reported 9.6 feet of flood in New Bern.
– Kyle Swenson
Friday 12:30 pm: Intense flood threatens the Carolina coast.
At midnight, coastal areas of North Carolina suffered a deadly storm surge, the National Weather Service said. Several flash flood warnings have been implemented, affecting the towns of Wilmington and Rocky Point, as well as communities along the southeast coast of the state.
Sustained winds of 71 mph and gusts of up to 87 mph were recorded at Cape Lookout, North Carolina. Water levels along the Neuse at New Bern have increased by almost 10 feet.
– Antonia Farzan
Thursday 11 pm: Florence is downgraded to category 1 hurricane.
While the Carolinans went to bed for the night, the National Hurricane Center continued to warn against a very severe storm surge and hurricanes, but reduced the storm to Category 1 hurricane, with winds reaching 90 mi / h. Along the Neuse River in Morehead City, North Carolina, the National Weather Service reported a 10-foot storm surge. The combination of storm surge and rainfall of up to 20 inches could have disastrous effects on the shoreline.
More than 150,000 households in North Carolina have already lost energy, according to the Department of Emergency Management of North Carolina. Meanwhile, communities along the Pamlico and Pungo rivers in eastern North Carolina are already experiencing significant flooding, officials at the National Weather Service said.
– Antonia Farzan
Thursday 9:19 pm: Why people chose this shelter to survive in Florence
Thursday 9:11 pm: Driving in an extended stay hotel
At the Extended Stay America hotel in Midtown Savannah, Jason Medero evacuees stop at the front desk for a dish sieve.
Medero, his wife, a 15-month-old child and two dogs left Wilmington, North Carolina, before Hurricane Florence.
"We knew we were going out early and we were not worried," Medero said.
Updates from today's National Hurricane Center show that Savannah has now emerged from uncertainty as Florence heads north.
"Yesterday, for a period of 12 hours, I was nervous when he showed that he was heading south," Medero said.
He and his family plan to go out with his two brothers who reside here and visit Savannah's historic district and Tybee Island Beach.
"We would have stayed [in Wilmington] if it was not for our two dogs and 15 months, "said Medero.
The hotel's general manager, Felinda Johnson, said he received 15 cases of water, flashlights and perishables in case the hurricane changed course.
"We had a lot of evacuees reservations, but also a lot of cancellations," Johnson said. "A lot of people have gone because of fear, even if we are not in the cone."
"It's a roller coaster," said front desk employee Lauren Muse.
Around 6:00 pm Kirsti Meeuwse, her husband and their Shih Tzu returned to the extended stay after taking food from a local store.
"We evacuated this morning," said Meeuwse. "We did it because we did not know how it was going to be."
Meeuwse and her husband evacuated from Charleston, S.C., whom they called home for 30 years.
"After Hurricane Hugo, we thought we would never be out of a hurricane again," said Meeuwse.
She and her husband decided to come to Savannah after the screenings showed dangerous weather conditions reaching areas where parents live.
"It's the closest to Charleston that we would be safe," said Meeuwse. "All that would be here would not be what we would have if we stayed at home."
– Asha Gilbert
Thursday 8:32 pm: An evacuated couple receives a warm welcome in South Carolina. Their dog too.
Floyd and Sharon Maloney left their home in North Charleston on Thursday and took refuge at the Friendship Baptist Church in Belvedere, S.C., just a few miles east of Augusta, Georgia.
They also brought their dog, Lucy, who was also welcomed with open arms.
"It was nice when we went there – no rain or anything – but we did not want to wait," said Sharon. The Maloneys live near the Ashley River and are very concerned about the floods.
They sent a text message to their daughter, Kristina, who is in Guinea and serves in the Peace Corps, to let her know not to worry.
"She texted and asked how the dog was doing," said Sharon. Heyward Horton, pastor of Friendship since his debut in 1965 in a tent in front of his current sanctuary, said the church had opened its doors during Hurricane Irma last year, harboring some families.
This year it is prepared for 120 to 150 people, but on Thursday it seemed unlikely that a lot of people would come. A weakening of Florence is still expected in the Charleston and Myrtle Beach areas, but it is likely that it will take a sharp turn inland, which will likely lead some residents south of Charleston to do so.
Todd Glover, a municipal administrator for North Augusta, SC, across the street from Augusta, Georgia, said natural evacuation routes likely carried most of the traffic from Charleston to Columbia and most people evacuated from Myrtle Beach.
Florence will bring winds of 30 mph and 2 to 5 inches of rain to Augusta and North Augusta by Sunday, Glover said. "We have had more significant rain events, but the wind is expected to remain strong for 48 hours, and this is a bigger concern," he said.
– James Folker
Thursday 20h02: The state emergency order is canceled
Mayor Muriel E. Bowser canceled her emergency order on Thursday night as Florence's chances of having a major impact on the capital diminished. The district had declared Tuesday 's emergency state, with Virginia and Maryland, before the storm.
– Adam Mowder
Thursday 18:52: Nearly 5 million people are expected to be hit by heavy rains
The forecast for Dire continues with the impact of Hurricane Florence, including a significant portion of the Carolinas. The national meteorological service reported Thursday afternoon that nearly 5 million people would be affected by at least 10 inches of rain in the coming days, with impacts stretching far south, north and west of these areas.
– Mark Berman
[Track Hurricane Florence here]
Thursday 18h50: "We already see this rapid increase"
MIAMI – It may have lost its strength, but Hurricane Florence is behaving as expected: a huge, very slow and very rainy storm that is already pushing the waters of the sea several feet above normal in Carolina. North.
Long before the storm was forecast in the Carolinas, the potential threat of a dangerous storm surge was beginning to manifest itself.
"We are already seeing this rapid increase," said Ed Rappaport, deputy director of the National Hurricane Center. "The storm surge that worries us is already happening."
A wave of storms is likely to continue to submerge the Carolinas beaches throughout the weekend, Rappaport said, as Florence slowly moves over the area and moves inside. lands. Ken Graham, director of the hurricane center, said the flood of the river inland could last a week or more. Graham said that the stretch of tropical storm stretched 170 miles from the center of Florence is "staggering", but the wind is not the worst.
"This storm is not about the wind," said Graham. "These are the highest water levels. The concern is the impact of all this water that accumulates. "
– Lori Rozsa
[It’s hurricane-o’clock somewhere and Jimmy Buffett just lived out a lyric thanks to Florence]
Thursday 18h44: Seeking sanctuary in a "mega shelter"
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Many coastal residents have decided to take no chances, traveling to safety away from the storm. Latoya Lavan and her young sons, Micah and Christopher, left their home in Jacksonville, NC on Wednesday night and headed for the first "mega-shelter" at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum. 1000 evacuated that night.
"I was worried because I heard the wave could be 25 feet tall," Lavan said. "I was going to stay and try to go to a shelter. There must have been four shelters, and then I discovered that they would not open them because they would not be strong enough to withstand the conditions. I thought, "If they're not strong enough, my house will not be strong enough," so I decided to leave.
His father stays in Jacksonville and his brother plans to stay in Wilmington.
"I tried to get them off, but they will stay and resist," Lavan said.
His family shared the floor of the Coliseum, where Wake Forest 's demon deacons play basketball games with other evacuees. She did not want to, she said, "but they had everything we needed. It's better than being in Jacksonville trying to fall back and cross the storm when it's going to be an obvious devastation.
In an adjacent building, a kennel was built for all pets arriving with the evacuees.
– Kirk Ross
17:53: In an emergency operations center
Thursday 17:12: The Pentagon claims to have literally circled areas in the forecast area
Senior defense officials provided an update Thursday on the Pentagon's preparations for the response to the storm.
General Terrence O. Shaughnessy of the Air Force, who heads the North American Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, and Kenneth Rapuano, Assistant Secretary for National Defense and to Global security, said that about 7,000 service members, including 4,000 were positioned for the storm, and thousands more were ready to deploy if necessary.
[Outer bands of Hurricane Florence begin unloading rain, gusting winds]
They stated that the military had made sites such as Fort Bragg, NS, available to FEMA as transit areas for relief supplies, and provided helicopters and vehicles. wheeled on different sites in the southeast. Ships, including the USS Kearsarge, are at sea in the aftermath of the storm and will head to the coast to further support emergency response.
"We literally surrounded the relief area," O'Shaughnessy said. Other aircraft that have been moved out of the impact zone before the storm will return once the immediate danger has passed and could contribute to the response. O'Shaughnessy said the military is taking steps to ensure that it can act quickly once the demands of state and local authorities are made.
The authorities said that the Southeast military authorities had decided whether the personnel should remain or evacuate and take measures to ensure the safety of the troops and their families.
– Missy Ryan
Thursday 4:50 pm: People must be patient, warns FEMA
Federal officials said Thursday that people living in the area affected by Hurricane Florence should be patient, knowing that it could take time to respond to the problems caused by the storm. The FEMA Administrator, William "Brock" Long, at a press briefing, pointed out that people should know that it will take time for some regions to recover after the bombings in Florence .
"It's a very dangerous storm," he said. "We call them disasters because they break things. The infrastructure will break, the power will disappear. . . but we will do everything in our power to go as fast as possible to get things done. "
Long promised that officials were willing to work together to respond to the storm.
"We are truly prepositioned the best we can be based on what we know," said Long.
– Mark Berman
Thursday 4:25 pm: Closure of nuclear power plants
Duke Energy announced it would close a pair of nuclear reactors at its Brunswick plant on the Cape Fear River, about four miles from Southport, New Mexico. Together, the units would produce 1,870 megawatts.
The company said its procedures required mill closures in the face of a sustained period of 75 mph winds, even though the plants were designed to withstand winds of more than 200 mph. The units are 20 feet above sea level, said Rita Sipe, spokeswoman for the company. She said that they were designed to withstand a 22-foot storm surge.
– Steven Mufson
Thursday 4:20 pm: "It's going to be water anyway".
Steve Goldstein of the National Weather Service, at a briefing at FEMA Headquarters, advised people on the way to the storm "not to dwell too much on the fact that it has gone from category 4 to category 2 was already postponed while it was a category 4 is already en route. "
"The storm surge from 9 to 12 feet is coming. … Precipitation is definitely coming and will definitely happen, "he said. "It's going to be water anyway."
[Hundreds more flights canceled as Florence nears the Carolina coastal area]
He said that when Florence reaches the coast, probably on Friday night somewhere near the border between North Carolina and South Carolina, "it will rest and not move much. Between 8 am Friday night and 8 am Saturday morning, there will be very little movement.
– Joel Achenbach
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