More than 1 million people, mainly in North Carolina, were without power a day after Florence made landfall a few miles east of Wilmington as a howling Category 1 hurricane. North Carolina Gov. The White House said President Trump had issued a disaster declaration for North Carolina a day earlier, freeing up funds for housing and home repair. In South Carolina, emergency managers were watching several northeastern rivers that flooded two years ago during Hurricane Matthew, destroying homes and government offices. “I don’t see any portion of the state of North or South Carolina that’s not going to be impacted in some way,” said Cline.

Source: Los Angeles Times September 15, 2018 16:07 UTC