Hurricane Florence threatens US east coast

CAIRO Sept 6 (SEE): Hurricane Florence which is still in the Atlantic, was upgraded to a category 4 storm yesterday. The tempest became first major storm of 2018 Atlantic hurricanes. Forecasters said that the storm might be a threat to the US East Coast next week, but there are no official warnings yet.

Hurricane Florence was the first North Atlantic hurricane to produce strong winds on Bermuda island in 2006.

The National Hurricane Center said, "The wind  was about 2,000 miles from the US coastline, still too far out for a confident landfall prediction."

The storm is centered about 1,295 miles east-southeast of Bermuda and is moving northwest at 13 mph, the center reported.

Forecasters expect the hurricane to weaken over the next couple of days, but they predict it to remain powerful through next week.

National Weather Service offices in Missouri and Oklahoma said," Gordon's remnants could add to the rain caused by a frontal boundary already causing heavy rains in parts of the Midwest. Flash flood watches stretched from the Florida panhandle, through parts of southwest Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa and Illinois."

PEMA’s website posted the supplies needed for emergency which include water, non perishable food, first aid kid, dust mask, a whistle, flashlight and batteries and a local map. In addition to a cell phone with chargers and a battery backup, radio and a NOAA Weather Radio.