Hurricane Florence is slated to make landfall sometime on Sept. 14, and there are a number of live surf cameras that show the real-time impact.
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A hurricane watch and storm surge watch are in effect for Edisto Beach in South Carolina to South Santee River in South Carolina.
A storm surge watch is also in effect for North of Duck in North Carolina to the North Carolina-Virginia border.
Frying Pan Ocean Cam
Outer Banks, North Carolina Live Cam
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Live Cam
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Florence Starting to Hit Carolinas
Reports from North Carolina noted that Florence’s winds have started to lash the coastline on Sept. 13. “For a meandering storm, the biggest concern—as we saw with Harvey—is the huge amount of rainfall,” said Chris Landsea, chief of tropical analysis at the National Hurricane Center. He was making reference to Hurricane Harvey, which inundated parts of southeastern Texas with more than 60 inches of rain.It added: “As mentioned in the previous discussion, it appears that some southern shear has caused the degradation of the inner core. The global models suggest that this shear will relax today while Florence moves over warm waters, however, given the current storm structure, little overall change in strength is anticipated as Florence approaches the coast.”
“Florence is about 400 miles in diameter. For an understanding of how large the system is 400 miles is the distance from Baltimore, Maryland to Boston, Massachusetts,” NASA stated.
Weather Underground meteorology director Jeff Masters said Florence eventually could strike as a Category 1 with winds less than 100 mph, but that’s still enough to cause at least $1 billion in damage. Water kills more people in hurricanes than wind, and the rain and storm surge will make Florence extremely dangerous.