Hurricane Florence officially made landfall on the east coast of the United States in North Carolina at 7:15 a.m. (11 a.m. GMT) with maximum winds of 90 miles per hour, the National Hurricane Center said in a statement on Friday.
WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 14th September, 2018) Hurricane Florence officially made landfall on the east coast of the United States in North Carolina at 7:15 a.m. (11 a.m. GMT) with maximum winds of 90 miles per hour, the National Hurricane Center said in a statement on Friday.
"Hurricane Florence has made landfall near Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina at 7:15 AM EDT (1115 UTC) with estimated maximum winds of 90 mph (150 km/h), and a minimum central pressure estimate of 958 mb (28.29")," the National Hurricane Center said in a Twitter message.
The latest bulletin from the National Weather Service warns that "life-threatening" storm surges and Hurricane-force winds continue to threaten both North and South Carolina.
Both of those states are also expected to deal with "catastrophic" freshwater flooding, the bulletin added.