"Florence on Track To Hit East Coast As A Major Storm Later This Week"

"Hurricane Florence is on track to hit the East Coast as a major storm later this week.

Florence was about 625 miles southeast of Bermuda as of 5 a.m. ET on Monday. The storm had maximum sustained winds of 105 mph and was moving west-northwest at about 9 mph, the National Hurricane Center said.

The center of the hurricane was forecast to move between Bermuda and the Bahamas on Tuesday and Wednesday and approach the southeastern coast of the US on Thursday as a Category 3 storm or higher, according to the hurricane center."

Susannah Cullinane reports for CNN September 10, 2018.