President Donald Trump’s campaign canceled a Friday night rally in Jackson, Mississippi, as Hurricane Florence bears down on the east coast, they announced Monday.
Trump just canceled his Mississippi rally this week because of the hurricane pic.twitter.com/uFLKN13J88
— Pamela Engel (@PamEngel12) September 10, 2018
Trump’s Jackson rally was supposed to come on the heels of a rally he is scheduled to hold in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Hurricane Florence has already reached Category-4 status.
NEW: Florence is now a category 4 hurricane. Data from a NOAA Hurricane Hunter indicate that Florence has continued to rapidly strengthen and has maximum sustained winds near 130 mph (195 km/h) and a minimum central pressure of 946 mb (27.93 inches) https://t.co/tW4KeGdBFb pic.twitter.com/wfLt6fJPl2
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) September 10, 2018
The hurricane is expected to make landfall early Thursday morning somewhere near the Carolinas. This will be Trump’s first hurricane to deal with as commander-in-chief during the 2018 Hurricane season. The president was first tested in the fall of 2017 with two major storms in Texas and Puerto Rico.
9/10 11 AM EDT: The earliest reasonable time that tropical-storm-force winds will reach the coast of the Carolinas is Wednesday night, but the most likely time is Thursday morning. #Florence https://t.co/tW4KeGdBFb pic.twitter.com/kzKpHv9o6J
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) September 10, 2018