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Shoppers at Farm Fresh supermarket on East Main Street in Richmond’s Shockoe Bottom fill up on bottled water and supplies Tuesday as Hurricane Florence threatens Virginia and at least three other states.

Shoppers at Farm Fresh supermarket on East Main Street in Richmond’s Shockoe Bottom fill up on bottled water and supplies Tuesday as Hurricane Florence threatens Virginia and at least three other states.

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Menaced by Florence

Changing forecast for hurricane keeps Virginians on alert

More than 1 million people along the Virginia and Carolina coast fled toward higher ground this week in a mass evacuation ordered just days before the expected arrival of Hurricane Florence, a Category 3 storm and the most powerful to menace the region in nearly three decades.