Hurricane Florence is expected to reach the Carolinas and Virginia late this week. The storm is extending hurricane-force winds up to 60 miles from its center, the National Hurricane Center says.

The weather service added that "if the slow southwest drift of Florence pans out, it will bring very dangerous conditions to the northeast South Carolina coast" late Friday into Saturday.

Though its forward speed should slow, Florence's strong winds of at least 100 mph will continue. It will be a dangerous, formidable hurricane along the Southeast Coast beginning late Thursday ...

Hurricane Florence is expected to remain a Category 2 storm when it makes landfall Friday morning. Wind damage is expected as well, with hurricane-force sustained winds and wind gusts topping 100 ...

Despite being stuck, Florence won't die out easily. The storm will probably lose its hurricane designation rather quickly once it moves over land, but there is still the problem of all that water ...

How climate change may be affecting storms like Hurricane Florence 04:07. Climate change could be playing a role in slowing down storms like Hurricane Florence, resulting in more rainfall and ...

Hurricane Florence's eyewall is onshore in North Carolina on Friday and will make landfall 'very soon,' as the Category 1 storm lashed the Carolina coast and appeared ready to cause catastrophic ...

President Donald Trump is pledging to help the people affected by Hurricane Florence as he surveyed damage wrought by the powerful storm. Meanwhile, some beach towns will allow residents to return ...

And Florence is just one of three big storms that are spinning simultaneously in the Atlantic, at what is historically the peak of hurricane season. Welcome to life on our superheated planet.

Recently, the WECT News and First Alert Weather team sat down to remember Florence, some of the lingering images of the storm, and its impact we still feel today. Boiling Spring Lakes has been left ...