Hurricane Maria, while not a landfall threat, will still brush parts of the North Carolina coast and the Virginia Tidewater with coastal flooding, winds and rain as large swells pound the coast with high surf and rip currents as far north as southeast New England.
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Happening Now
The center of Hurricane Maria is now just under 250 miles southeast of Hatteras, North Carolina, and is moving north at 5 to 10 mph.
Data from a NOAA Hurricane Hunter aircraft suggest that maximum sustained winds are 80 mph. Despite recent weakening, Maria has a large wind field, with tropical-storm-force winds extending up to 205 miles from Maria’s center of circulation.
