WILMINGTON, N.C. (NBC News) – Evacuations and last-minute preparations are underway as Hurricane Florence continues to barrel toward the East Coast.
Hundreds of thousands of people from Virginia through the Carolina coast have been ordered to evacuate before the Category 4 storm makes landfall Friday.
Florence is gathering momentum, swirling with top winds of 130 mph.
The potentially catastrophic storm is expected to keep drawing energy from the warm water and may strengthen to a Category 5 hurricane.
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