https://phys.org/news/2018-09-port-city-hunkers-hurricane-florence.html

With residents either evacuated or hunkered down for safety, the historic city center—normally a charming hub for summer tourists—was a mess of air-conditioning units stripped from walls, drains and sewers overflowing and power cables dangling perilously over the streets.

Even though Florence was downgraded late Thursday to a Category 1 storm before making landfall, it wrought substantial damage in this area of the North Carolina shoreline, and authorities warned the storm would remain a serious danger for the coming 36 hours.