Hurricane Florence expected to hit sweet potato crop
Story Date: 9/12/2018

 

Source: PRODUCE NEWS, 9/11/18


Hurricane Florence has been predicted to hit the East Coast later this week. As of this morning the National Hurricane Center has stated the hurricane is growing in strength and is predicting the storm to come ashore somewhere along the North Carolina coast midday Thursday. Sustained major hurricane-force winds (greater than 110 miles per hour) are being reported at the center of the storm while hurricane-force winds (74-110 miles per hour) extend 40 miles out from the center and tropical storm-force winds (39-73 miles per hour) are extending out as far as 150 miles.

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