In North Carolina, officials have raised red flags along the Outer Banks telling beachgoers to avoid the ocean, and ferries from islands off the state's coast have been canceled. “Everyone in North Carolina needs to keep a close eye on Florence and take steps to get ready for impacts later this week,” Gov. Make sure you lock things up because you may not be coming home for several days,” South Carolina Gov. The governors of South Carolina and Virginia followed suit Saturday. As of Sunday morning, Florence was about 1,500 miles southeast of Wilmington, N.C., and was crawling toward the North Carolina coast at 6 mph.

Source: Washington Post September 09, 2018 20:48 UTC