Hurricane watch

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The UK might be getting something similar by the weekend.

Atlantic 2-Day Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook

 

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Time to add a few webcams - first up, North Carolina

NCDOT: Travel Information

Kure Beach Street Web Cam - Surfchex.com

Folly Beach Web cam, Surf Report, and Weather - SurfChex

Carolina Beach NC Surf Report Webcam and Weather - SurfChex.com

Expect many to be disabled by Thursday evening local time.

 

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South Carolina

Myrtle Beach Webcams - Live stream Boardwalk - MyrtleBeach.com

Windjammer Surf Cam - Live Beaches

Hilton Head Beach WebCam • Hilton Head Vacation Rentals

 

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The storm surge from Florence is predicted to exceed 4m (13feet) at point of landfall, which for now is at Cape Fear.

Webcams around the Wilmington area.

Downtown Wilmington Web cam - SurfChex

The active cams are showing a continued exodus of traffic.

 

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Bald Head Island ferry cam

Bald Head Island Ferry Cam

 

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Florence to be the most expensive storm in US history, according to the media.

Hurricane Florence could be costliest storm ever to hit the U.S.

 

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Georgia issues danger warnings. Florence, whilst downgraded currently to a category 2 hurricane could dump water in four states for over a week.

Georgia governor declares a state of emergency as Florence nears

 

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Meanwhile on the far side of the world

Super Typhoon Mangkhut with 180 MPH Winds Targets the Philippines | The Weather Channel

 

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Jacksonville looks like the primary landing site for Florence.

Live Eye 9 From Onslow Memorial, Jacksonville

Atlantic beach webcam (a bit slow to load)

http://surfchex.com/cams/atlantic-beach-web-cam/

and the live radar

Jacksonville, NC Interactive Weather Radar Map - AccuWeather.com

Sunrise within the hour.

 

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Surf's up!

http://surfchex.com/cams/atlantic-beach-web-cam/

 

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All webcams appear to be dead here, the Jacksonville memorial one shows some rather dark clouds.

Live Eye 9 From Onslow Memorial, Jacksonville

 

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The pier doesnt look sturdy enough

Live Eye 9 From The Seahawk Inn & Villas, Atlantic Beach

 

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Cape Fear and 34 miles out to sea

 

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This evenings windspeed map on the earth nullschool site

 

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Reuters News feed 22 west.

 

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Frying Pan tower - the one with the flag taking a beating - is a timeshare B&B place and fractional ownership is currently available.

Your share for just $25k (best wait a few days to make sure it survives though!)

http://www.fptower.com/

 

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As predicted a lot of the east coast sites are down.
A fair amount of disruption on bald head island.

Bald Head Island Ferry Cam

 

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Getting choppy at marina New Bern, which is a few miles inland up the river. Not many of the boats are going to survive looking at the mooring ropes and jetty.

Live Eye 9 From The Bridgepointe Hotel & Marina New Bern

 

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Cape Fear and 34 miles out to sea

Really taking a hammering now. Only 13 hours to sunrise, the camera has shifted.

 

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The camera must still be under some sort of control - I saw it being panned well left directly into the wind a while back, then it went back to the flag - which is shredding rapidly! Two pics an hour apart