This enhanced satellite image made available by NOAA shows Tropical Storm Florence (C), in the Atlantic Ocean on Sept. 8, 2018, at 2:45 p.m. EDT. Forecasters at the NOAA expect Florence will become a hurricane on Sept. 9, 2018. NOAA via AP
Tropical Storm Florence continued to get stronger as it moved toward the U.S. southeast early Sunday, Sept. 9, with forecasters predicting it will become “a dangerous major hurricane” by Monday.
The NOAA NWS National Hurricane Center said in a statement on Sunday morning that forecasters were expecting a “rapid intensification in about 12 to 24 hours.”
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