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Supercharged overnight, Hurricane Michael menaces Florida with winds of 145mph; North Carolina declares emergency

Gaining frightening fury overnight, Hurricane Michael closed in Wednesday on the Florida Panhandle with potentially catastrophic winds of 145 mph, the most powerful storm on record ever to menace the stretch of fishing towns, military bases and spring-break beaches.

Fast and furious Hurricane Michael menaces Florida Panhandle with 110mph winds

A fast and furious Hurricane Michael sped toward the Florida Panhandle on Tuesday with 110 mph winds and a potential storm surge of 12 feet, giving tens of thousands of people precious little time to get out or board up.

Donald Trump visits areas affected by Hurricane Florence, vows '100 percent' support for storm-battered Carolinas

Trump pledged federal assistance as the Carolinas begin the long recovery from a storm estimated to have caused billions of dollars in damage and left dozens dead.

Hurricane Florence continues to wrack havoc: Toll rises to 32, rescue efforts on to provide aid to stranded people

Flash flooding, triggered by Florence, was reported in most parts of North Carolina, northern South Carolina.

Monster typhoon Mangkhut slams into northeastern coast of Philippines; more than 5 million people at risk

Typhoon Mangkhut slammed into the country's northeastern coast early Saturday, with witnesses saying the storm's ferocious wind and blinding rain ripped off tin roof sheets and knocked out power at the start of the onslaught.

Hurricane Florence rolls ashore in Carolinas, knocks out power to 500,000 homes, tears buildings apart

Hurricane Florence lumbered ashore in North Carolina with howling 90 mph winds and terrifying storm surge early Friday, ripping apart buildings and knocking out power to a half-million homes and businesses as it settled in for what could be a long and extraordinarily destructive drenching.

Hurricane Florence batters Carolina coast with 105 mph winds; begins days of rain and wind on coast

Hurricane Florence's leading edge battered the Carolina coast Thursday, bending trees and shooting frothy sea water over streets on the Outer Banks, as the hulking storm closed in with 105 mph (165 kph) winds for a drenching siege that could last all weekend.

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: Washington mayor Muriel Bowser declares 15-day state of emergency in US capital

The 15-day emergency signed by mayor Muriel Bowser noted that Florence was "forecasted to produce high winds, rainfall and storm surge" with "serious widespread effects in the region