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Hurricane Florence sows fear across Carolinas, 10 million in crosshairs as monster storm takes aim with 120 mph winds

Hurricane Florence put a corridor of more than 10 million people in the crosshairs Wednesday as the monster storm closed in on the Carolinas, uncertainty over its projected path spreading worry across a widening swath of the Southeast.

'Big and vicious' Hurricane Florence closes in on North and South Carolina; 'the waves and the wind will be like nothing you've ever seen'

Motorists streamed inland on highways converted to one-way evacuation routes Tuesday as about 1.7 million people in three states were warned to get out of the way of Hurricane Florence, a hair-raising storm taking dead aim at the Carolinas with 140 mph (225 kph) winds and potentially ruinous rains.

Hurricane Florence spirals towards North and South Carolina; strengthens into potentially catastrophic Category 4 storm

Florence rapidly strengthened into a potentially catastrophic Category 4 hurricane on Monday as it closed in on North and South Carolina, carrying winds and water that could wreak havoc over a wide stretch of the eastern United States later this week.

Typhoon Lan hits Japan: Category 4 storm forces thousands to evacuate; over 300 flights cancelled on election day

Tens of thousands of people across Japan were advised to evacuate, hundreds of flights were cancelled and train services were disrupted on Sunday as a typhoon roared toward the coast

Hurricane Maria destroys homes, triggers floods in Puerto Rico; island left without power

Hurricane Maria, the strongest storm to strike Puerto Rico in nearly 90 years, carved a path of destruction through the US territory on Wednesday

Hurricane Irma makes landfall in Florida; National Weather Service issues tornado warning for three counties

Hurricane Irma began its assault on Florida early Sunday with the storm's northern eyewall reaching the lower Florida Keys as a powerful Category 4 storm.

Hurricane Irma weakens to Category 4 storm after making landfall in Cuba while heading for Florida

Hurricane Irma weakened slightly to a Category 4 storm on early Saturday, according to the US National Hurricane Center, after making landfall hours earlier in Cuba