WILMINGTON, North Carolina—Hurricane Florence, growing in size despite its weakening winds on Sept. 12, crept closer to the U.S. East Coast as disaster mobilizations expanded south from the Carolinas into Georgia to counter the threat of deadly high seas and calamitous floods.
The center of Florence, no longer classified as a major hurricane but still posing a grave threat to life and property, is expected to strike North Carolina’s southern coast on Sept. 14, then drift southwest along the shoreline before moving inland on Saturday, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
