CHARLOTTE, N.C._It looks like Hurricane Florence is settling in for a longer-than-expected stay on the Carolinas coast.
As of the 11 p.m. ET update from the National Hurricane Center, Florence's winds have slowed, bringing it down to a Category 1 hurricane. Its maximum sustained winds were recorded at 90 mph.
In spite of that reduced strength, Florence is still considered a "life-threatening storm," by the NHC.
Florence is now moving very slowly for a hurricane, toward the northwest at 6 mph. In contrast, Hurricane Hugo was moving at 35 mph between Columbia and Charlotte in 1989.
Forecast models predict Florence will move on a slow westward to west-southwest track into central South Carolina.
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