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Hurricane Florence: Nearly 500,000 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 9:30 a.m., Friday, 485,143 people were without power.
As of 9:30 a.m., Friday, 485,143 people were without power.
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Most of the outages are in Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus Craven, Duplin, New Hanover, Robeson, Sampson, Wake, Wayne, 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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