Hurricane Florence is slamming into the East Coast, knocking out power in North Carolina, dropping torrential rains and inundating several areas with floodwater.
Here is a look at the dangerous storm by the numbers:
105 mph: As the storm made landfall Friday morning, Wilmington, North Carolina, was hit by a 105 mph wind gust, the strongest wind in the city since 1958.
150: The number of people requesting rescue in flooded New Bern, North Carolina, where water levels reached 10 feet overnight.
The downtown area, at the confluence of two rivers, is mostly underwater.
Volunteers are using private boats to pitch in and help, city spokeswoman Colleen Roberts said.
New Bern resident George Zaytoun, who chose not to heed evacuation warnings and is now trapped inside his home, told “Good Morning America,” “It’s like a bomb has gone off.”
“Everything around us is underwater,” he said.
“This is twice the size of Hurricane Hugo,” which tore through the Carolinas in 1989, New Bern Mayor Dana Outlaw told “Good Morning America.”
“We need America’s prayers,” Outlaw said.
310: Number of volunteers from nine different states helping the Cajun Navy with rescues.
57: Number of people the Cajun Navy says they rescued Friday morning, according to the founder of the group, Todd Terrell.
30 inches: Preliminary reports show over 30 inches of rain in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, according to the U.S Geological Survey. If confirmed by the National Weather Service, this number would set a record.
455,000: The number of customers without power in North Carolina.
20,000 There are 20,000 North Carolina evacuees staying at shelters across the state, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said Friday.
11 feet: Storm surge may reach this point in parts of North Carolina.
“People do not live and survive to tell the tale about what their experience is like with storm surge,” FEMA administrator Brock Long told “GMA.”
40 inches: Rainfall could reach this point.
