This NOAA/RAMMB satellite image taken at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, shows Hurricane Florence off the U.S. east coast in the Atlantic Ocean. Highways clogged with people fleeing North and South Carolina early Wednesday as monstrous Category 4 Hurricane Florence rumbled toward the eastern U.S. as the biggest storm there in decades. ( HO / AFP/Getty Images ) Andrew Lingle walks along the beach at sunrise as Hurricane Florence approaches the east coast in Atlantic Beach, N.C., on Wednesday. U.S. President Donald Trump declared states of emergency for North and South Carolina and Virginia, opening the way for federal aid. Charleston International Airport in South Carolina tweeted that it expected to close runways by midnight Wednesday.

Source: thestar September 12, 2018 14:25 UTC