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Hurricane Florence: More than 185,000 in North Carolina without power
Thousands are without power in North Carolina as the outer bands of Hurricane Florence have reached the coast.
As of 3 a.m., Friday, 185,312 people were without power.
As of 3 a.m., Friday, 185,312 people were without power.
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Most of the outages are in Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, New Hanover, Pamlico, Pender and Onslow counties near the coast.
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Florence is expected to make landfall Friday morning somewhere between Cape Lookout and Wilmington.
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