Chris Rayner helps customers load their cars as they buy …

Photo by Associated Press | published: September 10, 2018

Chris Rayner helps customers load their cars as they buy supplies at The Home Depot. Preparations for Florence were intensifying up and down the densely populated coast. Since reliable record-keeping began more than 150 years ago, North Carolina has been hit by only one Category 4 hurricane: Hazel, with 130 mph winds, in 1954.