Several states have declared a state of emergency as hurricane Florence continues to trek towards the East Coast
Hurricane Florence regained its strength Sunday as weather officials predicted it will turn into a “major” storm as it aims for a possible hit on the southeastern U.S. later this week.
According to the National Hurricane Center, Florence is “forecast to become a major hurricane on Monday,” and is expected to grow larger and move faster over the next few days.
As of 5 p.m. Sunday, Florence was centered around 720 miles southeast of Bermuda and moving west at seven miles per hour. The storm crossed the 74 miles-per-hour threshold from tropical storm to hurricane Sunday morning, and by evening its winds were up to 85 mph. Forecasters warned that it could be a fearsome Category 4 with winds of 130 mph or more by Tuesday.
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The hurricane center said it’s too early to know what path the storm will take, but that it could hit the coast of the Carolinas by Friday. Continue to full story
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