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Good Morning,

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) released its 5:00 a.m. update on the projected path of Hurricane Florence. The NHC advises that Hurricane Florence is moving west-northwest at 15 miles per hour with maximum sustained winds of 140 miles per hour.

Please continue to plan ahead of this storm. Beaufort County is under a governor's evacuation order, which goes into effect at 12:00 p.m. today—Tuesday, September 11. Lane reversals on U.S. 278 and U.S. 21 will not be implemented, unless needed to facilitate evacuation.  

The Sheriff's Office will continue to keep you advised of developments with Hurricane Florence. Sheriff P.J. Tanner will hold a press conference at 12:00 p.m. today. Media—newspaper, television and radio—are asked to attend. The press conference will be broadcast to Beaufort County residents and guests through Facebook and the County Channel. We encourage you to monitor the storm through the National Hurricane Center https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

Thank you for following official sources of information for updates on Hurricane Florence and for avoiding rumors spread through social media. 

Where you can watch Sheriff Tanner's press conference:

Sheriff's Office Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/BeaufortCoSO/

The County Channel at the below links:

• Direct Link: (From the Conference)

• Granicus: (Live from Television)

• YouTube: