Hurricane Florence has struck the US East Coast
US officials are warning Hurricane Florence could kill "a lot of people" with risks of "catastrophic" flooding as the storm begins to lash the country's East Coast.
Florence, although now downgraded to a category one storm, is slow-moving and could linger for days, bringing "copious amounts of rain".
There has already been reports of the sea level rising by much as three-metres in parts of North Carolina.
Resident of the area Amy Powell Johnson uploaded this video to he Facebook page in the last few hours.
The National Hurricane Center says that despite the gradual lowering in wind strength, the storm remains extremely dangerous because of the high volume of rainfall and storm surges predicted.
It's said some 10-million people are under some form of storm watch.
