The maximum wind speeds of Hurricane Florence, facing the US east coast, have weakened to 90 miles per hour making it a Category 1 storm, the US National Hurricane Center's data showed on Friday.
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 14th September, 2018) The maximum wind speeds of Hurricane Florence, facing the US east coast, have weakened to 90 miles per hour making it a Category 1 storm, the US National Hurricane Center's data showed on Friday.
"Maximum sustained winds...90 Mph...150 Km/H," the center said in its fresh advisory.
As of 06:00 GMT, the storm was about 80 kilometers (50 miles) of the city of Morehead, the US state of North Carolina, according to NHC.
"Catastrophic freshwater flooding expected over portions of North and South Carolina," the agency added.
US media reported earlier in the day that 170,000 people were without electricity in North Carolina due to the storm.
More than 10 million people are believed to be in the path of Hurricane Florence. The disaster triggered the introduction of the state of emergency in Washington D.C. as well as the state of North and South Carolina, Virginia and Maryland.
