National Hurricane Florence Makes Landfall In N.C.: 'An Uninvited Brute' Grinds Ashore More than 326,000 customers are already without power. Florence remains a massive hurricane that forecasters say will spark catastrophic flooding. Bill Chappell
National U.S. Navy Sends Ships Out To Sea Ahead Of Hurricane Florence Nearly 30 naval ships were ordered to leave the Hampton Roads area of southeastern Virginia on Monday in order to escape the storm. Samantha Raphelson
National 'Disaster Is At The Doorstep,' N.C. Governor Says As Hurricane Florence Zeroes In "Disaster is at the doorstep and is coming in," North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said, urging people to finish their preparations for the storm. Bill Chappell
National Hurricane Watch Issued For Carolinas As Category 4 Florence Plows Toward U.S. If it makes landfall as predicted, Florence could become the northernmost Category 4 hurricane to hit the U.S. since records were first kept in 1851. Bill Chappell
