WILMINGTON, N.C. — 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 winds and potentially ruinous rains.
'Big and vicious': Hurricane Florence closes in on Carolinas
Expected to blow ashore late Thursday or early Friday, linger for days