The Hurricane Florence has began to unleash fierce rains across the US southeast. According to forecasters, the center of Florence is expected to hit North Carolina’s southern coast Friday, then drift southwest before moving inland on Saturday. Florence’s maximum sustained winds were clocked on Thursday at 105 miles per hour (165 kph). Beside inundating the coast with wind-driven storm, Florence could dump 20 to 30 inches (51-76 cm) of rain, with up to 40 inches in parts of North Carolina, the National Hurricane Center predicts. Downpours and flooding would be especially severe, lasting for days, if the storm stalls over land.