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    Hurricane Florence Spins Up Into A Category 4 Storm, Aiming At U.S. East Coast

    Florence is expected to intensify as it crosses over water with surface temperatures up to 85 degrees. It reached Category 4 status — with winds near 130 mph — a day earlier than predicted.
    by Bill Chappell Sep 10, 2018 2 minutes
    Hurricane Florence is expected to hit the southeastern U.S. coast as a major hurricane on Thursday or Friday, after rapidly intensifying.

    Hurricane Florence is expected to hit the southeastern U.S. as "a large and extremely dangerous hurricane," the National Hurricane Center says, after the storm quickly strengthened on Monday. Florence is now predicted to bring "life-threatening impacts" to the U.S. late this week.

    Florence is now a Category 4 storm, reaching that status a day earlier than experts had predicted. The hurricane center announced the change in an update, citing

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