The storm, forecasters say is headed for the Carolinas, with the possibility of life-threatening storm surge and rainfall.
Hurricane Florence's center is expected to be somewhere between North and South Carolina on Saturday, though the storm's intensity will be felt starting Thursday - according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).
"We have to get ready today," NHC Director Ken Graham said in a Facebook video.
The National Hurricane center said on Wednesday afternoon:
"Florence is forecast to be an extremely dangerous major hurricane when it nears the US coast late Thursday and Friday."Brock Long, the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency said during an Oval Office briefing:
"If you've been asked to leave, get out."
U.S President Trump voices his concern from the Oval Office:
"You have to listen to your local authorities. You have to listen and get out. Because once the storm hits, it's going to be really bad, and almost impossible to get authorities in to help."
NHC said storm effects - rain, high winds, rip currents, and tidal surges, would most likely be felt hundreds of miles from the storm's center.
NORTH CAROLINA evacuation of roughly 250,000 residents have been ordered in Dare County.
"Everyone in Dare County is encouraged to evacuate as soon as possible regardless of the established time frames," the county's emergency-management agency said Monday.
In a press conference on Wednesday, North Carolina's governor, Roy Cooper, warned residents: "Disaster is at the doorstep. If you're on the coast there is still time to get out safely."
"This may be a marathon, not a sprint," Cooper added.
Five states have declared states of emergency ahead of the storm: Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland, along with Washington, DC.
Evacuation orders are in place in one of South Carolina's four coastal counties. Virginia's governor, Ralph Northam, issued a mandatory evacuation order for residents of the state's low-lying coastal areas as well.
"This is a serious storm and it's going to affect the entire state of Virginia," Northam said on Monday evening, per a local NBC affiliate.
"This is a life-threatening situation," the National Hurricane Center said on Wednesday. "There is a danger of life-threatening inundation, from rising water moving inland from the coastline, during the next 36 hours." Those warnings remained in effect overnight Wednesday.
REPORTEDLY, MOST HURRICANE THAT HIT AMERICA COMES FROM SOMEWHERE IN CAPE VERDE, WEST AFRICA.
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