These photos of Hurricane Florence taken from space are breathtaking and terrifying
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Officials are warning residents of North and South Carolina to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Florence, a massive category 4 storm steadily churning in the Atlantic. The storm is so massive, NASA astronauts said they could not photograph it without using a wide-angle lens.