Weather.com: Hurricane Florence Rapidly Intensifying, Likely to Strike East Coast With Life-Threatening Storm Surge, Destructive Winds, Massive Rainfall Flooding | The Weather Channel

This could be a category 3 or stronger as it barrels toward the East Coast. Areas from Charleston to Norfolk are all in the cone. Weather.com reports, “While there still remains some important uncertainty in the precise track of Florence, a destructive strike on the East Coast is now likely.”