Warning the 10 million residents of America's Southeastern coast about Hurricane Florence, US President Donald Trump has said, "Don't play games with it. It's a big one".
The American government is ready to deal with the aftermath of the hurricane but people should get out of the way, Trump said.
What is Hurricane Florence?
Hurricane Florence is now a category 2 hurricane, with winds of close to 110mph (177km/h). It is currently heading towards the US East Coast that it is predicted to hit on Friday.
The US National Hurricane Center has warned that a life-threatening storm surge along the coast of South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia is likely. Forecasters are also warning of catastrophic inland flooding that could swamp homes, businesses, farm fields and industrial sites.
Evacuation orders
The American government is ready to deal with the aftermath of the hurricane but people should get out of the way, Trump said.
What is Hurricane Florence?
Hurricane Florence is now a category 2 hurricane, with winds of close to 110mph (177km/h). It is currently heading towards the US East Coast that it is predicted to hit on Friday.
The US National Hurricane Center has warned that a life-threatening storm surge along the coast of South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia is likely. Forecasters are also warning of catastrophic inland flooding that could swamp homes, businesses, farm fields and industrial sites.
Evacuation orders
Hurricane Florence is being seen as a monster of a storm zeroing in on the Southeastern coast with more than 10 million people in its potentially devastating sights. It's unclear exactly how many people fled, but more than 1.7 million people in the Carolinas and Virginia were warned to clear out. Airlines canceled nearly 1,000 flights and counting.
According to a report by the news agency Associated Press, Hurricane Florence threatens to cause historic flooding and blow catastrophic winds.
Adding to the storm stress is uncertainty about where exactly Florence will make landfall, after a shift in its track put more of the Southeast in danger.
Florence's top sustained wind speeds dropped from a high of 140 mph (225 kph) to 110 mph (175 kph) as its outer rain bands approached the North Carolina coast early Thursday, reducing the storm from Category 4 to Category 2, but forecasters warned that the enormous wind field has been growing larger, raising the risk of the ocean surging on to land.
"Do you want to get hit with a train or do you want to get hit with a cement truck?" said Jeff Byard, an administrator with the US Federal Emergency Management Agency.
About 5.25 million people live in areas under hurricane warnings or watches, and 4.9 million more live in places covered by tropical storm warnings or watches, the National Weather Service said.
According to a report by the news agency Associated Press, Hurricane Florence threatens to cause historic flooding and blow catastrophic winds.
Adding to the storm stress is uncertainty about where exactly Florence will make landfall, after a shift in its track put more of the Southeast in danger.
Florence's top sustained wind speeds dropped from a high of 140 mph (225 kph) to 110 mph (175 kph) as its outer rain bands approached the North Carolina coast early Thursday, reducing the storm from Category 4 to Category 2, but forecasters warned that the enormous wind field has been growing larger, raising the risk of the ocean surging on to land.
"Do you want to get hit with a train or do you want to get hit with a cement truck?" said Jeff Byard, an administrator with the US Federal Emergency Management Agency.
About 5.25 million people live in areas under hurricane warnings or watches, and 4.9 million more live in places covered by tropical storm warnings or watches, the National Weather Service said.
Source:
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/don-t-play-games-with-it-says-trump-as-hurricane-florence-heads-for-us-east-coast-1338995-2018-09-13
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/don-t-play-games-with-it-says-trump-as-hurricane-florence-heads-for-us-east-coast-1338995-2018-09-13
Comments
Post a Comment