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The Latest on Hurricane Florence (all times local): 9:30 a.m. Wind speeds are kicking up far from the coast in central South Carolina as Hurricane Florence slowly makes its way along the coast. The National Weather Service reported wind gusts of up to 21 mph (34 kph) on Friday morning in Columbia. That’s about 220 miles (354 kilometers) from Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, where Florence made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane at 7:15 a.m….

The eastern North Carolina coastal town of New Bern is facing emergency flooding from Hurricane Florence. On Friday, its location on a peninsula between two rivers joined forces with Hurricane Florence’s east winds to create disaster in the Craven County town 115 miles southeast of the state capitol of Raleigh. The Neuse and Trent rivers rose 10 feet in a matter of hours, reported The Weather Channel, causing widespread damage and trapping hundreds of people…

More than 30 inches of rain has fallen near Atlantic Beach since Hurricane Florence began there, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Geological Survey. That would be the highest 24-hour rainfall in North Carolina history, far eclipsing a 22-inch storm in Mitchell County in the mountains in 1916, according to the N.C. Climate Office. The storm made landfall near Wrightsville Beach at 7:15 a.m. Friday, producing wind gusts of up to 95 to 105…

Hurricane Florence landfall captured by International Space Station cameras Sep 14, 2018 Hurricane Florence made landfall near Wilmington Beach, North Carolina on September 14. Cameras outside the International Space Station captured views minutes after it made landfall. By

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Hurricane Florence made landfall in Wilmington Friday morning as a Category 1 storm. The Triangle will feel the strongest effects from Florence after 8 a.m. The latest updates from our viewing area: 8:04 a.m.: The statewide power outage has jumped to 403,000. 8 a.m.: A flash flood warning is in effect for Wayne and Wilson counties until 2 p.m. 7:56 a.m.: Greenville was seeing heavy rain and officials say the Tar River is at risk…

Hurricane Florence made landfall near Wrightsville Beach around 7:15 a.m. Friday as a Category 1 storm. Latest updates from the coast: 8:04 a.m.: The statewide power outage has jumped to 403,000. 7:58 a.m.: WECT tweeted a photo of a gas station that was severely damaged in Wilmington. 7:39 a.m.: Closer to home, the Tar River in Greenville is close to flooding. Officials say the flood stage for the river is 13 feet, and it is…