Florence brought hurricane-force winds and life-threatening storm surge as it made landfall along the coast of North Carolina near Wrightsville Beach at 7:15 a.m. Friday. At that time, Florence was a Category 1 storm but has since been downgraded to a tropical storm.
Storm chaser Brandon Clement captured multiple videos of the then-hurricane.
His video at the top of this story was taken in Wilmington, North Carolina where Hurricane Florence stripped the roofing from buildings, collapsed gas stations and snapped trees.