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Hong KongHong KongA police officer carrying a girl to safety in Hong Kong on Sunday, when the city took a direct hit from Typhoon Mangkhut.CreditCreditLam Yik Fei/Getty Images
Typhoon Mangkhut left at least 28 dead a s it passed through the northern Philippines [ Jes Aznar/Getty Images]Hong Kong residents were urged to prepare for the worst [ Bobby Yip/Reuters]
A weakened Florence slowed to a crawl over South Carolina Saturday but is expected to pummel the area with powerful winds, storm surges and as much as 15 more inches of rain…Keep Reading
NEW BERN, NC – SEPTEMBER 14: Homes are flooded after a storm surge from Hurricane Florence flooded the Neuse River September 14, 2018 in New Bern, North Carolina. Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina as a Category 1 storm and flooding from the heavy rain is forcing hundreds of people to call for emergency rescues in the area around New Bern, North Carolina, which sits at the confluence of the Nueces and Trent rivers. The storm has since been downgraded to a tropical storm. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)NEW BERN, NC – SEPTEMBER 14: Volunteers from all over North Carolina help rescue residents and their pets from their flooded homes during Hurricane Florence September 14, 2018 in New Bern, North Carolina. Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina as a Category 1 storm and flooding from the heavy rain is forcing hundreds of people to call for emergency rescues in the area around New Bern, North Carolina, which sits at the confluence of the Nuese and Trent rivers. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)<> on September 15, 2018 in New Bern, United States. Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina as a Category 1 storm Friday and at least five deaths have been attributed to the storm, which continues to produce heavy rain and strong winds extending out nearly 200 miles.
“All indications are that the storm will slow down and just crawl or meander over the inland sections and the coastal Piedmont,” Weather Channel hurricane expert Bryan Norcross said. “We don’t know exactly where the center will go, but it’s not really relevant. It’s more like a (Hurricane) Harvey situation, where it’ll just slowly wind down.”
Tropical Storm Florence is expected to approach the U.S. East Coast next week. Emergency officials have told residents to expect immediate threats of ocean swells, dangerous rip currents and coastal flooding. National Hurricane Center and NPR
About 87,000 people had evacuated from high-risk areas of the Philippines [ Jes Aznar/Getty Images]
