Before Hurricane Florence made landfall, evacuation advisories were issued to over a million residents. Though the 400 mile-wide storm, which hit the Carolinas early Friday morning but brought storms and flooding the day before, has been downgraded to a Category 1 storm, it has still caused widespread flooding and damages. Wind speeds hit 105 mph North Carolina, and four people had died as of Friday afternoon.
Here are ten scenes depicting Hurricane Florence’s destructive force:
Important note as #Florence continues to close in on the Carolina coastline, storm surge is not just an "ocean" problem tonight. Significant surge is expected to occur in the NC inlets and rivers, some areas in excess of 9 feet! pic.twitter.com/dz5OFR3M4B
— NWS (@NWS) September 13, 2018
Dramatic scenes from #NewBern #NC as water rushes through from #HurricaneFlorence pic.twitter.com/hrW5kVAsSY
— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) September 14, 2018
Update: Pics of flooding downtown while looking for citizens who may need assistance. @CityofNewBern #HurricaneFlorence2018 pic.twitter.com/Ebgfh1hlt5
— New Bern PD (@NewBernPD) September 14, 2018
More than 600,000 customers across North Carolina are now without power since Hurricane #Florence hit, and up to a million people have evacuated their homes.
The storm's impact by the numbers: https://t.co/K8hgVR9lsG pic.twitter.com/lCviJtpe5V
— ABC News (@ABC) September 14, 2018
Finally got shots of my house in Belhaven, from my neighbors. No water inside!!! Yet…? ? pic.twitter.com/MbRw4pQGhr
— Michelle ? (@chromatichues) September 14, 2018
Posted by Rebecca Wells Hooper on Thursday, September 13, 2018
Finally got shots of my house in Belhaven, from my neighbors. No water inside!!! Yet…? ? pic.twitter.com/MbRw4pQGhr
— Michelle ? (@chromatichues) September 14, 2018
Damage in Wilmington now.#ncwx @NWSWilmingtonNC pic.twitter.com/SRJOD0rUkM
— Jeff Piotrowski (@Jeff_Piotrowski) September 14, 2018
Kajun Navy saving people this morning in New Bern NC from the surge waters of hurricane #florence pic.twitter.com/u1acEueESs
— David Rankin (@Rankinstudio) September 14, 2018
Was in eye wall calm Wrightsville Beach North of Bridge. Had calm winds about 15 min. Now back side ENE gusting 40-70 MPH lots of trees down across the city power is out. @NWSWilmingtonNC #ncwx pic.twitter.com/6b3nu3BMWu
— Jeff Piotrowski (@Jeff_Piotrowski) September 14, 2018
