Forecasters expect the storm to build to Category 4 intensity by the time it makes landfall Wednesday.
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Hurricane Michael to hit Florida, but will there be any Maine impact?
The hurricane is headed for the Florida Panhandle and expected to make landfall Wednesday.
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Frustration builds as residents in Carolinas wait to go home
While about 7,800 people remained in shelters in North Carolina, 161,000 homes and businesses were still without electricity.
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Most Mainers in Carolinas ride out the storm with little disruption
But those living in the hard-hit area in and around Wilmington, North Carolina, report widespread flooding, power outages and washed out roads.
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Florence parks over Carolinas; rivers swell as second phase begins
The storm’s death toll climbs to 15 and about 740,000 homes and businesses remain without power.
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More deaths feared as massive Florence inundates the Carolinas
Rescue crews used boats to reach more than 360 people besieged by rising waters along a river, and more than 60 others had to be rescued as a cinderblock motel collapsed.
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Former, current Mainers brace for Hurricane Florence in Carolinas
One-time Maine residents hunker down for the storm, while one Mainer looks to provide aid.
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‘Threat becomes reality’ as Florence inundates Carolina coast, knocks out power to thousands
The storm surge alone could put most of the Carolina coast under as much as 11 feet of ocean water.
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While many flee from Hurricane Florence, one former Mainer decides to stay put in Myrtle Beach
Some former Maine residents say they are moving inland from coastal North Carolina and South Carolina, but not all of them.
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Hurricane Florence’s uncertain track puts more than 10 million people at risk
The best guess Wednesday was that Florence would blow ashore as early as Friday afternoon around the North Carolina-South Carolina line, then push its rainy way westward.