1.5 Million Evacuate in Carolinas From Record Breaking Hurricane Florence 26 counties in <br />South Carolina <br />were ordered to evacuate The hurricane has reached sustained winds of 130 mph and is expected to slam into the Carolinas by Thursday. Meteorologists fear the storm <br />could deluge the region with <br />up to 30 inches of rain Henry McMaster, South Carolina Governor, <br />via The Daily Beast Spokesman, Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines, via The Daily Beast Hurricane Florence is <br />predicted to hit the Carolinas Roy Cooper, North Carolina Governor, via The Daily Beast This storm pattern is expected <br />to produce storm-surges from <br />South Carolina up through Virginia. With storm-surges comes the <br />possibility of life-threatening floods. Meteorologists say that Hurricane Florence <br />could become the only recorded <br />Category 4 hurricane to make landfall so far north.
