Here's where Hurricane Florence is due to make landfall according to the latest prediction

asdf hurricane florence predicted landfall 2x1 Google's Crisis Map displaying the predicted site of landfall of Hurricane Florence, updated at 8:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday. The line indicates the storm is expected to hit Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, though the track could change.Google

Hurricane Florence is surging toward the US and is expected to hover just offshore for more than a day, bringing strong winds to the Carolinas even before making landfall.
The latest update from the National Hurricane Center, at 11 a.m. Wednesday, shows the eye of the storm meeting land at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on Saturday.
The track is not certain and is subject to change. On Tuesday the storm was predicted to make landfall 100 miles farther north.
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Hurricane Florence is powering toward the US and could cause "catastrophic" flooding with a combination of 40 inches of rain and a 13-foot storm surge.

The eye of the storm is due to meet land near the border between North Carolina and South Carolina on Saturday, according to the latest information from the National Hurricane Center (NHC).

The storm, however, will be felt well before then, with the NHC predicting hurricane conditions from late Thursday or early Friday.

It will then hover just off-shore for more than 24 hours, the prediction said, before the eye crosses the shoreline, which is the technical definition of landfall.

The center's latest prediction, published 11 a.m. ET on Wednesday, indicates that the eye of the storm is expected to hit the coast over the popular resort town of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The location had remained mostly unchanged from advisories earlier in the day at 5 a.m. and 8 a.m.

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, is a popular vacation destination.AP

The track shifted 120 miles south from advisories on Tuesday, which had suggested the most powerful part of the storm could make landfall in North Carolina at either Swansboro or Sneads Ferry, towns close to the city of Jacksonville.

The National Hurricane Center's predictions are subject to change, and the track of the storm, seen in the map below, could shift significantly.

The center predicts only a few fixed points where it believes the storm will be, and the rest of the track is created by drawing straight lines between them. The likely destination of the storm is usually expressed as falling within a wider cone to reflect this uncertainty.

Storm Cone 5am advisory Wednesday September 12 Myrtle Beach South Carolina A map showing the likely track of Hurricane Florence, according to the National Hurricane Center's update at 5 a.m. ET on Wednesday. The pink, red, and yellow areas show extreme-weather warnings.National Hurricane Center.