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Evacuation warnings in place for 1.7 million and 800,000 without power in the Carolinas

This is a guest post by Jeremy Leggett. Views are the author's own and do not necessarily represent the opinions or positions of MyGridGB or Dr Andrew Crossland.

BBC: Florence has been downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm …but eight months of rain are expected to fall in 3 days.

A reminder: Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria caused combined insured losses in 2017 of $92 bn, equal to 0.5% of the USA’s &18.5 trillion (2016) GDP.

Image: from article