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Hurricane Florence weakens to Category 2: US forecaster
WILMINGTON, United States, Sept 13, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Hurricane Florence
weakened to a Category 2 storm on Wednesday, according to the National
Hurricane Center, but remained on course to deliver a powerful blow to the US
east coast.
“Florence is now a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane
Wind scale,” with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph (175 kph), the NHC said
in its latest update at 0300 GMT.
BSS/AFP/FI/ 0934 hrs