Million urged to flee as Flo threatens US

MORE than a million in the US have been ordered to leave their homes as Hurricane Florence approaches the east coast.

Residents fled as the category 4 storm, which could bring winds of up to 140mph, moved towards the states of North and South Carolina as well as Virginia.

‘This is one of the worst storms to hit the east coast in many years,’ President Donald Trump warned on Twitter. ‘Please be prepared, be careful and be SAFE!’

South Carolina governor Henry McMaster ordered as many as one million coastal residents to leave their homes ahead of the storm’s possible arrival tomorrow.

His counterpart in North Carolina also ordered an evacuation.

A state of emergency was declared in Virginia where another 245,000 coastal residents were ordered to flee.