As Hurricane Florence, a Category 4 storm charging for the East Coast, is expected to make landfall Thursday, animal shelters are asking volunteers to help protect animals. One shelter in Norfolk, Virginia evacuated eight dogs and and 18 cats to a shelter in Washington, D.C. run by Humane Rescue Alliance — an effort made to make room for incoming animals expected to be displaced by Florence. "The animals will be held for a period of time and then they wait for the animals to be claimed." In Charlotte, North Carolina, a local Humane Society is taking in animals from areas of the state that were ordered to be evacuated. These shelters are a few of many requesting fosters and donations across the eastern states expected to be slammed by Florence later this week.

Source: Fox News September 12, 2018 02:15 UTC