Florence could rival North Carolina's 1954 'benchmark storm'

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NORTH CAROLINA, USA (AP) — The last time the midsection of the east coast stared down a hurricane like this, Dwight Eisenhower was in the White House and Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio were newly-weds.Hurricane Florence could inflict the hardest hurricane punch North Carolina has seen in more than 60 years, with rain and wind of more than 130 mph (209 kph).

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