Hurricane Florence is barreling toward the Carolinas, with at least 1 million people ordered to evacuate — here are the areas that could get hit

National Hurricane Center

• Hurricane Florence is predicted to make landfall somewhere in North Carolina, South Carolina, or the Mid-Atlantic states on Thursday evening or Friday morning.
• It could be the first Category 4 storm to hit North Carolina since Hurricane Hugo devastated the region in 1989 and the National Hurricane Center warned it could strengthen to a Category 5 by Tuesday.
• The slow-moving hurricane could also dump heavy rainfall inland, bringing a risk of flooding.
• South Carolina's governor ordered the state's entire coastline to evacuate by Tuesday afternoon. Evacuations now extend to about 1 million people in the state, according to a report.

A Category 4 hurricane with winds of up to 140 mph is set to bear down on the US's East Coast this week, bringing a risk of devastating floods.

Hurricane Florence is expected to make landfall somewhere in North Carolina, South Carolina, or the Mid-Atlantic states on Thursday evening or Friday morning, according to the National Hurricane Center. The agency said Monday night that a hurricane watch would likely be issued Tuesday morning as hurricane-force winds bear down on the coasts of South Carolina and North Carolina.

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