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Hurricane Florence officially made landfall last night as it slowly starts to sweep across the Carolinas and it appears the storm is just as vicious as experts predicted it would be.
At this point, it’s still unclear exactly how much damage the storm will do but if the Weather Channel is to be believed things might get very, very out of control.
Over one million people evacuated the shoreline over the past few days but a number of brave souls have stayed behind. However, based on some of the video footage taken from the storm they might have made a huger mistake than Gob ever did on Arrested Development.
Videos of Florence started to trickle out last night and it’s safe to say it’s poised to be as destructive as many people predicted it would be.
Multiple towns have already fallen victim to the storm surge— including New Bern, NC, which went underwater after a river overflowed.
Video shows storm surge from Hurricane #Florence begin to inundate New Bern, North Carolina as the Neuse River overflowed its banks and flooded parts of the town. https://t.co/4p1JzVCrLz pic.twitter.com/k7pmZkRDqc
— ABC News (@ABC) September 14, 2018
The town of Bellhaven has also suffered a similar fate.
Hurricane Florence @ midnight 9.13.18
Pungo River is raging across Belhaven, NC
Stay safe y’all! pic.twitter.com/zYbKCKBLnY— meesh 🪴 (@hooponaloop) September 14, 2018
There’s also this wild video of a gas station in Topsail Beach that collapsed after falling victim to the hurricane.
WATCH: As Hurricane Florence approached the East Coast, the deteriorating conditions in Topsail Beach, N.C., caused a BP gas station's canopy to collapse and skid across the parking lot. https://t.co/xqQ4p6LvyN pic.twitter.com/t0qM4F2dX5
— CBS News (@CBSNews) September 14, 2018
A reporter for CNN tried to withstand the 95 MPH winds but Mother Nature decided to teach him a lesson.
“Winds over 95 [mph]… I gotta get out… whoa”
CNN’s @VanDamCNN in Carolina Beach, North Carolina, earlier this morning, as the eyewall of Hurricane Florence came onshore.
Follow live storm updates: https://t.co/boiBgEU39M
Watch live on CNN: https://t.co/uR4EHLFqrp pic.twitter.com/tygUcBvfQV— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) September 14, 2018
Another CNN correspondent accidentally got the chance to illustrate just how crazy the winds are when they somehow managed to split his microphone cord in two.
“My cord just literally split in two… some duct tape might be helpful,” says CNN’s @JohnBerman, in Wilmington.
Hurricane Florence continues to deliver ferocious winds and torrential rain along the Carolina coast.
Updates: https://t.co/boiBgEU39M
Watch: https://t.co/uR4EHLFqrp pic.twitter.com/UU439fPlNw— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) September 14, 2018
However, at least a few people have taken the opportunity to take advantage of the winds to get some massive air while kiteboarding.
SERIOUS AIR: With Hurricane Florence bearing down on the east coast, some used the whipping winds to their advantage—and went kitesurfing https://t.co/aZZcUgx6ez pic.twitter.com/fk3ZGSChSe
— CBS News (@CBSNews) September 14, 2018
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We’ve also got some dolphins who seem to be having a pretty good time.
However, nothing tops the footage taken by the NOAA pilots who braved the storm to fly into the eye.
Time-lapse video of a #NOAA WP-3D Hurricane Hunter (#NOAA42) flight into Hurricane #Florence on Sept. 10, 2018. Get the latest on the storm at https://t.co/MlZk25kG0d. Credit: Nick Underwood/NOAA pic.twitter.com/FQ3RJMKVUU
— NOAA Aircraft Operations Center (@NOAA_HurrHunter) September 11, 2018
It looks like Florence is going to take her sweet time sweeping across the Carolinas so there’s a good chance things only get worse from here.
Everyone stay safe out there.