NOAA NWS National Hurricane Center/Handout via REUTERS
- Hurricane Florence is hurtling toward the US East Coast.
- It is expected to hit the Carolinas on Thursday morning and move further inland.
- The National Hurricane Center warned that it would likely bring devastating storms and floods to those regions.
- It has so far reached a maximum wind speed of 90 mph.
- The governors of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia have all declared states of emergency.
- Residents are stockpiling bottled water, plywood, and power supplies.
A hurricane bringing 90 mph winds and the risk of devastating storms and floods is hurtling toward the US, prompting a large portion of the East Coast to declare a formal state of emergency.
The hurricane is poised to make landfall early Thursday somewhere around North and South Carolina, and is likely to strengthen as it approaches. Those two states, as well as Virginia, have declared a state of emergency while they prepare.
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