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Watch: Storm chaser captures petrol pump canopy collapsing during Hurricane Florence - 'There it goes, boom'

September 14, 2018

A storm chaser has filmed the destructive power of Hurricane Florence, as he captured a petrol station pump canopy collapsing in the ferocious winds.

The dramatic images were livestreamed on the Tornado Alley Video YouTube channel this afternoon as Category 2 Hurricane Florence begins to batter North Carolina.

The storm chaser was parked in his car near a BP petrol station when the canopy collapsed in front of him.

"There it goes, boom!" he exclaimed as the canopy came down with a mighty crash.

Around 100,000 properties have been reported to have lost power in the massive hurricane.

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper says there are over 12,000 people in 126 shelters as the first effects of Hurricane Florence begin to batter the state.

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