The U.S. Navy says it has evacuated 30 ships based in Virginia and activated more than 950 North and South Carolina National Guard troops before Hurricane Florence is slated to hit the U.S. East Coast.
Spokesman Col. Robert Manning said Sept. 10 that U.S. Fleet Forces Command ordered all Navy ships in Hampton Roads, Virginia, out to sea. “Forecasted destructive winds and tidal surge are too great to keep the ships in port,” he said, according to The Hill.
