Climate Changed
Hurricane Threat Rises Over East Coast as Florence Looms
- Florence forecast to gain strength as it moves toward coast
- Massachusetts to Florida should watch storm over next few days
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Tropical Storm Florence is casting a hurricane-sized shadow across the U.S. East Coast, where it could strike late next week.
The chances of Florence of hitting the U.S. have been increasing as the storm drifts west across the central Atlantic Ocean. Florence was about 835 miles (1,344 kilometers) southeast of Bermuda, with tropical-storm strength winds of 65 miles per hour, at 11 a.m. New York time, the National Hurricane Center said. It could become a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 145 mph by Wednesday.