‘At-Risk’ Nuclear Power Plants on Path of Potentially Catastrophic Hurricane Florence

Hurricane Florence forecast track, showing an approximate representation of coastal areas under a hurricane warning (red), hurricane watch (pink), tropical storm warning (blue) and tropical storm watch (yellow). Sept. 13, 2018. NOAA

Two at-risk nuclear power plants located directly in Hurricane Florence’s path of destruction are among the sixteen plants in Virginia and the Carolinas that are bracing for impact.

“The time to prepare is almost over,” North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper told a morning news conference on Sept. 12. “Disaster is at the doorstep and it’s coming in.”