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The latest from the Carolinas on Hurricane Florence

By AirTalk Staff
Published Sep 14, 2018
NEW BERN, NC - SEPTEMBER 13: A sign warns people away from Union Point Park after is was flooded by the Neuse River during Hurricane Florence September 13, 2018 in New Bern, North Carolina. Coastal cities in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia are under evacuation orders as the Category 2 hurricane approaches the United States. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
A sign warns people away from Union Point Park after is was flooded by the Neuse River during Hurricane Florence September 13, 2018 in New Bern, North Carolina.
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The latest from the Carolinas on Hurricane Florence

Hurricane Florence made landfall this morning on the Carolina coast.

The storm was downgraded to Category 1, but the potential for catastrophic destruction remains high, given the slow speed with which the eye of the storm is moving inland.

AirTalk checks in with reporters from North and South Carolina for the latest.

Guests:

Gavin Jackson, public affairs reporter at SCETV, South Carolina’s public television and radio broadcasting network; he is in Georgetown county south of Myrtle Beach, SC in an armory; he tweets

Will Michaels, daily news producer at WUNC, the NPR affiliate in Chapel Hill, North Carolina; he tweets