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Hurricane Florence has made landfall— here is where and when it struck

By Kieran Corcoran and Hilary Brueck
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Google's Crisis Map, showing Hurricane Florence over Wrightsville Beach in Wilmington, North Carolina — the point where it made landfall at 7:15 a.m. on Friday September 14. Google; Business Insider
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Hurricane Florence is made landfall after days of advancing ominously on the East Coast of the US, crossing over land at 7:15 a.m. on Friday September 14, 2018.

National Hurricane Center officials confirmed the moment of landfall around half an hour after it happened, and said the location was Wrightsville Beach in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Weather Channel meteorologist Mike Seidel recorded this video early Friday showing the intense conditions in Wilmington shortly before landfall.

The point of landfall moved some distance in the days before Florence hit. Though predictions centered around Wilmington, at one point they veered as far south as Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, 130 miles away.

As of Friday morning, the storm was predicted to move slowly inland over South Carolina.

It is then due to drift northward, by which time it will likely be a depression rather than a full-fledged storm. The map shows the likely route:

Florence Track 5 am Friday September 14
The predicted track of Hurricane Florence as of 5 a.m. Friday September 14, shortly before it was expected to make landfall.  National Hurricane Center

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Kieran Corcoran
Kieran was an Executive Editor at Business Insider and its first Deputy Bureau Chief in the UK.He spearheaded BI’s work on the war in Ukraine and helped lead its breaking-news effort.He joined Business Insider in 2017, when it had no general-news desk in London, and built that team to more than a dozen people.He helped oversee coverage spanning politics, defense, business, science, health, entertainment, royalty, and lifestyle.In his time at BI, the UK news team won a Drum Award for its Ukraine reporting. Its work was twice shortlisted twice in the British Journalism Awards and highly commended once.He occasionally broke ranks to blog about Latin.Before Business Insider he worked for Dow Jones, MailOnline, The Sun, and The Independent.Kieran graduated from the University of Cambridge with a degree in English. He speaks some Russian and less French.He is on X with the handle @kj_corcoran.Notable work from his teams includes:The Unyielding City: How Ukraine lost Bakhmut and Russia won a hollow victoryIran will pay for gender-transition surgery, but it comes at a cost — your dignityA bright, talented Ukrainian journalist signed up to help Fox News cover the war. Two months later she was dead.Salt Bae's former employees describe tip theft, discrimination, and polyester uniforms‘I feel conned into keeping this baby’How an entire nation embraced toxic bleach as a COVID-19 miracle cureA Saudi princess, silencedInside London's derelict 'Billionaires Row' — a mile-long street of mystery, murder, and tax avoidance
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Hilary Brueck is a Health Correspondent at Business Insider, where she covers longevity and the quest to improve human aging. She also writes regularly about the complexities of diagnosing and treating cancer, the evolving landscape of GLP-1 drugs, new developments in exercise science, and expert-backed nutrition advice. In general, she relishes any opportunity to unpack scientific discoveries or examine the latest consumer trends. Her reports have ranged from exploring how sherpas effortlessly climb into the thin air 29,029 feet above sea level to summit Mount Everest, to trudging along a Jersey shore beach with scientists fighting killer pandemic flu viruses by studying bird butts.She spoke with Dr. Anthony Fauci about his vitamin and supplement routine over a cold slice of pizza, and chatted with the world's oldest Nobel Prize winner in his basement solar lab. She also went an entire month without eating any ultra-processed foods (yes, it was time-consuming and challenging). A graduate of Columbia Journalism School and former Peace Corps Volunteer, Hilary speaks English, French, and Malagasy. Previously, Hilary reported for ABC News Radio, Fortune, Forbes, and Al Jazeera America. In her spare time, she likes to run, hike and she is also an aspiring (but very bad) surfer. If you've got a pressing health question, tip, or concern, reach out to hbrueck@bjinnox.com
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