Hurricane Florence Makes Landfall In North Carolina, Slamming State With ‘life-Threatening’ Rainfall washingtonpost.com

Hurricane Florence continued sweeping across part of the southeastern United States on Friday, bringing powerful winds along with warnings of “life-threatening” storm surge and rainfall, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm made landfall in North Carolina shortly after 7 a.m., the center said.

Collapsed roofs and other structures were already reported in the Morehead City and New Bern areas of North Carolina. New Bern was particularly hard hit, with reports of more than 100 people stranded in their homes in need of rescue. The large and dangerous storm is expected to keep battering parts of North and South Carolina on Friday. Follow Hurricane Florence’s projected path here.