Hurricane Arthur makes landfall on US East Coast
Friday, 4 July 2014
Hurricane Arthur has made landfall on North Carolina’s Outer Banks off the US East Coast. The US National Hurricane Center in Miami said Arthur reached land about 11:15 pm Thursday between Cape Lookout and Beaufort, North Carolina. Arthur was a Category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph (155 kph). The storm was located about 65 miles (105 kilometres) southwest of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. It was moving northeast at 18 mph (30 kph), according to AP.