Luke 21:7 “Teacher,” they asked, “when will all this happen? What sign will show us that these things are about to take place?” Luke 21:11 "There will be great earthquakes, and there will be famines and epidemics in many lands, and there will be terrifying things (that which strikes terror), and great miraculous signs in the heavens."
Hurricane Arthur ripped through North Carolina overnight and is moving into the northeast as a weakened Category 1 storm.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Arthur’s maximum sustained winds have fallen to 90 miles per hour as the eye was located about 70 miles north of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Power companies say that at least 44,000 residents are without power across the Carolinas because of downed power lines and trees. North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory said storm damage evaluations would begin after the storm completely passed the state. Flooding was the governor’s major concern.
“We’re most concerned about flooding inland and also storm surges in our sounds and our rivers further inland,” he said.
Business owners in the region lamented the timing of the storm saying that it was a badly needed weekend for tourists. Business owners say because of storms they lost the last three straight fall tourism seasons and have struggled to stay open.
