Source: Ana Rivera, ABC11, 3/14/19


More than 220 people are still living in hotels six months after Hurricane Florence made landfall.  Florence grew to a Category 4 storm with sustained winds of 140 miles per hour. However, the storm weakened to a Category 1 before making landfall Sept. 14 at 7:15 a.m. just south of Wrightsville Beach.  Despite its weakened state, Florence still packed quite a punch because it stalled over North Carolina--moving at about 2-3 miles per hour.

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