live where you live, this is abc 7 news. hurricane florence is slowly grinding its way towards the carolina coast tonight. and while the eye has yet to arrive, the storm is already causing major flooding. good evening. thank you for join us. i m ama daetz. and i m dan ashley. you can see the monster storm on our doppler radar, inching closer and closer to making landfall. florence has lost a little steam throughout the day. it is now a category 1 storm, packing winds of about 90 miles an hour. at last check, about 160,000 customers are without their electricity tonight in north carolina. the storm surge has been a big problem, measured as high as 10 feet in one location. marci gonzalez is in wilmington, north carolina which is under a hurricane warning tonight. good evening. the wind and rain here have been relentless throughout the day, and there are still many hours of this and worse still ahead here. the ferocity of florence evident even before landfall. waves poun