Mandatory Evacuations Begin On US East Coast As Florence Explodes To Category 4 Over Atlantic

Written by Mark Vogan on September 10, 2018 in Tropical with 0 Comments

After the near silence over the Atlantic in July and through much of August, we’re approaching the peak of the 2018 Atlantic Hurricane Season and dealing with a tempest. Florence (as expected) has underwent rapid intensification over the bath-tub warm waters of the Western Atlantic. Florence has went from 75 to 130 mph within 24 hours.

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A healthy inner and outer core embedded within a near perfect atmosphere and over 85 to 86F allowed for this rapid intensification explosion of energy and she may not have peaked yet either.

https://twitter.com/TropicalTidbits/status/1039181055801081857

Mandatory evacuations begin at noon today for the Outer Banks as more or less all forecasts now point to a major landfall late this week somewhere between South Carolina and Virginia.