Surge, wind, rain, floods: Hurricane Florence could hit hard

By JONATHAN DREW
The Associated Press
RALEIGH, N.C. — Hurricane Florence churned Tuesday toward the Eastern Seaboard as a storm of “staggering” size, forcing a million people to evacuate the coast. Many more were left to wonder where they might be safe if days of torrential rains unleash floods from the mountains to the sea.
“This one really scares me,” National Hurricane Center Director Ken Graham warned.
Florence is so wide that a life-threatening storm surge was