Hurricane Florence

In pictures: Florence wreaks havoc in Carolinas

Officials say the death toll from Hurricane Florence, now a tropical depression, has jumped to at least 32.

Rain-fed rivers rise as Florence death toll hits 32 in Carolinas

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) warns that the hurricane continues to dump heavy rain on parts of North Carolina and northeastern South Carolina and that flash flooding will continue.

Four dead as Hurricane Florence drenches the Carolinas

A mother and baby were among at least four killed as Hurricane Florence pounded away at the southeastern US coast with torrential downpours and surging seas.

Hurricane Florence makes landfall, rescuers scramble

Hurricane Florence smashed into the US East Coast on Friday with howling winds, torrential rains and life-threatening storm surges as emergency crews scrambled to rescue hundreds of people stranded in their homes by flood waters.

Hurricane Florence weakens to Category 1 storm

US forecasters late Thursday downgraded Hurricane Florence to a Category 1 storm, as its outer edge lashed the Carolinas with strong winds and heavy rain.

Hurricane Florence starts battering US East Coast

The outer bands of wind and rain from a weakened but still lethal Hurricane Florence began lashing North Carolina as the monster storm moved in for a prolonged and potentially catastrophic drenching along the Southeast coast.

In pictures: US East Coast prepares for Hurricane Florence

South Carolina's Governor Henry McMaster ordered the evacuation of much of the state's coast as people wait for Florence to hit. The hurricane has been downgraded from a Category 4 storm to Category 2, but residents are still anxious.

Over a million to evacuate US southeast as Hurricane Florence approaches

More than one million people were ordered to evacuate their homes along the US southeast coast as Hurricane Florence, the most powerful storm to threaten the Carolinas in nearly three decades, barrelled closer.

Storm Alberto closes in on Florida, Alabama and Mississippi

Normally packed with vacationers over Memorial Day weekend, beaches along the eastern US Gulf Coast were largely empty on Sunday as a slowly intensifying storm carrying brisk winds and heavy rain approached.