An unexpected eyewall replacement cycle and decreasing oceanic heat content caused a steady weakening trend however, the storm grew in size at the same time. Florence reached peak intensity on September 11, with 1-minute winds of 150 mph (240 km/h) and a minimum central pressure of 937 mbar (27.7 inHg). Shifting steering currents led to a westward turn into a more suitable environment as a result, Florence reintensified to hurricane strength on September 9 and major hurricane status by the following day. Strong wind shear then led to rapid weakening, and Florence weakened to tropical storm strength on September 7. An unexpected bout of rapid intensification ensued on September 4–5, culminating with Florence becoming a Category 4 major hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson scale (SSHWS), with estimated maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 km/h). Progressing along a steady west-northwest trajectory, the system gradually strengthened, acquiring tropical storm strength on September 1. The wave steadily organized, and strengthened into a tropical depression on the next day near Cape Verde. The sixth named storm, third hurricane, and the first major hurricane of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Florence originated from a strong tropical wave that emerged off the west coast of Africa on August 30, 2018.

Hurricane Florence was a powerful and long-lived Cape Verde hurricane that caused catastrophic damage in the Carolinas in September 2018, primarily as a result of freshwater flooding due to torrential rain. Part of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season

West Africa, Cape Verde, Bermuda, East Coast of the United States (especially the Carolinas), Atlantic Canada Hurricane Florence near peak intensity south of Bermuda on September 11

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