"Hurricane Michael is forecast to be the most destructive storm to hit the Florida Panhandle in decades," Gov. Rick Scott said. "It will be life-threatening and extremely dangerous. You cannot hide from this storm."
Residents of Florida's Panhandle frantically filled sandbags, boarded-up homes and secured boats Monday as they anxiously awaited Hurricane Michael, which forecasters warned could make Landfall as a major Category 3 storm.
Hurricane Florence is now a major Category 3 hurricane and forecasters now say the storm could mount a direct, devastating hit on North and South Carolina as the most powerful storm to hit the area in three decades.
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Hurricane Lane is barreling west across the Pacific Ocean on a course that will bring it close to Hawaii next week. As of 8:00 p.m. PDT, Hurricane Lane is now a category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.
Hurricane and Tropical storm warnings are posted all along the Gulf Coast as Hurricane Harvey slowly makes it way onshore, bringing with it "biblical" amounts of rainfall and unprecedented devastation.
Hurricane Danny is a category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph.
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Hurricane Matthew - Twitter
Matthew is now a Category 3 hurricane.
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Matthew is now a Category 3 hurricane.
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Hurricane Matthew - Twitter
Matthew is now a Category 3 hurricane.
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Hurricane Fran came ashore near Cape Fear, N.C. as a Category 3 storm on September 6, 1996. There was extensive wind damage and a business put up this very telling sign.
Dave Gatley - This image is from the FEMA Photo Library.
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A look into the eye of Hurricane Harvey from this morning thanks to Lt. Will Simmons. #hurricanestrong
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Ricky Arnold, who is currently onboard the International Space Station, took this incredible image of Hurricane Florence this morning.
