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After days of waiting, it's here. Devastating breezes and rainfall from Florence hit the Carolinas today. The Category 2 hurricanenow has maximum sustained winds of 110 mph and is about 200 miles southeast of Wilmington, North Carolina. At this point, it looks like Florence's center will be somewhere over the Carolina coasts late tonight or tomorrow. And as it moves inland, people in Georgia, Virginia and Maryland need to stay alert. The big concern remains that Florence will stall, pounding the region with nonstop rainfall, catastrophic breezes and potentially deadly inundating for days. One of five huge threats is storm surge, maybe as high as 13 feet. And there are six nuclear power plants in Florence's projected route — but not everyone thinks they can withstand it.
