Hurricane Florence Live Video Web Cams: Track the Storm in North, South Carolina

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Hurricane Florence is slated to make landfall sometime on Sept. 14, and there are a number of live surf cameras that show the real-time impact.

According to the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) in its 8 a.m. update on Sept. 13, the storm has 110 mph winds is located 170 miles east-southeast of Wilmington, North Carolina, and around 220 miles east of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. It’s moving northwest at 12 mph.

A storm surge warning is in effect for South Santee River in South Carolina to Duck in North Carolina, and a warning was in effect for Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds, including the Neuse and Pamlico Rivers. A hurricane warning is in effect for South Santee River in South Carolina to Duck in North Carolina, and the hurricane warning is in effect for the Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds.

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A hurricane watch and storm surge watch are in effect for Edisto Beach in South Carolina to South Santee River in South Carolina.

A storm surge watch is also in effect for North of Duck in North Carolina to the North Carolina-Virginia border.

A tropical storm warning is in effect for North of Duck in North Carolina to Cape Charles Light in Virginia as well as the Chesapeake Bay south of New Point Comfort.

Frying Pan Ocean Cam

Outer Banks, North Carolina Live Cam

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Live Cam

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Florence Starting to Hit Carolinas

Reports from North Carolina noted that Florence’s winds have started to lash the coastline on Sept. 13. “For a meandering storm, the biggest concern—as we saw with Harvey—is the huge amount of rainfall,” said Chris Landsea, chief of tropical analysis at the National Hurricane Center. He was making reference to Hurricane Harvey, which inundated parts of southeastern Texas with more than 60 inches of rain.

“The satellite presentation of Florence has changed little overnight with the eye waxing and waning in infrared imagery,” according to the NHC’s discussion of the hurricane.

It added: “As mentioned in the previous discussion, it appears that some southern shear has caused the degradation of the inner core. The global models suggest that this shear will relax today while Florence moves over warm waters, however, given the current storm structure, little overall change in strength is anticipated as Florence approaches the coast.”

On Sept. 12, the International Space Station captured video footage (the video at the very top of the article) of Florence passing over the Atlantic, and NASA noted that the storm is 400 miles in diameter with the capacity to generate heavy rainfall.

“Florence is about 400 miles in diameter. For an understanding of how large the system is 400 miles is the distance from Baltimore, Maryland to Boston, Massachusetts,” NASA stated.

Weather Underground meteorology director Jeff Masters said Florence eventually could strike as a Category 1 with winds less than 100 mph, but that’s still enough to cause at least $1 billion in damage. Water kills more people in hurricanes than wind, and the rain and storm surge will make Florence extremely dangerous.

The Associated Press contributed to this report