Storm is generating winds of 110mph as more than 1.5m people ordered to evacuate from areas of North and South Carolina
Forecasters have warned that Hurricane Florence remains a deadly weather event as wind and rain lashed North Carolina in the first signs of the storm’s arrival on land in North Carolina early on Thursday.
Florence was downgraded to a category 2 hurricane, from a category 4, but was still generating sustained winds of 110mph and expected to cause “life-threatening storm surge and rainfall”, according to the National Hurricane Center.
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