The US East Coast is taking cover as Hurricane Florence barrels toward land — here’s how you can help animals in the path of the storm

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• Animal shelters in the path of Hurricane Florence are preparing for the worst as the US East Coast prepared for the Category 4 storm to make landfall at the end of the week. 
• Facilities in the region are mobilizing ahead of the storm, but the task of transporting shelter animals is difficult and costly,
• Some of those shelters are encouraging people to donate money for the cause.

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While scores of people in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia are being told to leave their homes ahead of what's expected to be a devastating Hurricane Florence, animal shelters in the region are also scrambling to get pets out of the storm's path.

The National Hurricane Center upgraded Florence to a Category 4 storm and said it expects "life-threatening" rainfall and flooding to hit the Carolinas and mid-Atlantic states when the storm makes landfall at the end of the week. 

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• South Carolina's governor made highways one-way so people could evacuate Hurricane Florence, warning it could bring more wind than Hurricane Hugo and more water than Hurricane Matthew

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