Several US states have been warned to expect the rain and flooding to continue for days to come. From the reported 13 deaths so far, the first two victims were a mother and her seven-month-old baby in North Carolina, who were killed when a tree fell on their home. While it may be perceived that […]

8 years ago

Wow… The US National Hurricane Centre has warned that Hurricane Florence will bring “life-threatening, catastrophic flash flooding” to North and South Carolina. The 500-mile-wide hurricane, which is barreling toward the US east coast, is expected to make landfall on Thursday night, but then the storm’s movement will slow to a crawl, meaning that some coastal areas will get as much […]

8 years ago

Almost ten million people are warned that they are in the path of the storm. Mandatory evacuation orders have been issued in coastal areas of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia, ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Florence this week, but many residents in the area have decided to stay. Due to the slow speed […]

8 years ago

It is only the 11th time on record that three hurricanes have been active in the Atlantic at the same time. At the time of writing, Hurricanes Florence, Helene and Isaac are all active in the Atlantic Ocean. We earlier reported on Hurricane Florence, which was initially feared may head towards Europe, but while the […]

8 years ago

Met Éireann have issued an update on the storm’s potential path towards Ireland. Storm Florence is expected to arrive on land very soon, as the US National Hurricane Centre (NHC) said the storm is “expected to become a major hurricane very soon”. The exact path of the storm is not determined, but it has lead […]

8 years ago