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Hurricane Michael’s forecast has taken a more dramatic shift from yesterday’s predictions. The storm has intensified and will make landfall as a category 4 hurricane (145 mph sustained winds) sometime this morning, and it will remain a minor hurricane (category…
Read MoreWhat we know: The current forecast has Hurricane Michael making landfall as a category 3 (>110 mph sustained winds) on the Florida panhandle tomorrow afternoon and reaching the Midlands on Thursday morning. Though it is anticipated to be a category…
Read MoreTropical Storm Florence is moving West at 3 MPH with 70 MPH sustained winds. The storm will continue to track through South Carolina heading West and will eventually take a Northern turn late Saturday, early Sunday. Considering the below forecasts…
Read MoreHurricane Florence made landfall this morning in Wrightsville Beach, NC as a category 1 hurricane. What We Know The storm has substantially weakened since making landfall. Florence will continue to become less intense as it continues moving on land Currently,…
Read MoreHurricane Florence made landfall at approximately 7:00 AM Friday morning in Wrightsville, NC, 100 miles northeast of Myrtle Beach. The storm is a Category 1 hurricane, with 90 MPH sustained winds and has already delivered heavy amounts of rain on…
Read MoreWhat we know: Hurricane Florence is still a category 4 storm, with sustained winds in excess of 130 MPH. As of this morning, predictive models have shifted landfall just south of Wilmington, NC, near the border of South Carolina at…
Read MoreAt 12:00 PM today, Governor McMaster’s mandatory coastal evacuation will commence. The evacuation order requires lane reversals on some major South Carolina highways and interstates. There have been questions to Emergency Preparedness regarding the lane reversals and just how far…
Read MoreWhat we know: Hurricane Florence is a category 4 hurricane, with 130 MPH sustained winds. As of this morning, several predictive models estimate landfall at or near Wilmington, NC (approximately 75 miles north of Myrtle Beach, SC) in the morning…
Read MoreAfter weakening on Thursday, Tropical Storm Florence is expected to gain strength over the next 48 hours, potentially developing into a major hurricane (Category 3 or 4). Current forecast models predict anything from landfall in the Carolinas to brushing the…
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