Spot shortages of gasoline and water were being reported early Tuesday as more than 1 million people began evacuating the coasts of the Carolinas and Virginia as the Mid-Atlantic states braced for the expected arrival of Hurricane Florence, now a Category 4 storm with top winds of 130 mph.

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Some forecast models have the storm reaching Category 5 status with sustained winds of 156 mph. In addition, the National Hurricane Center has warned marine and coastal interests and the offshore E&P industry along the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coasts to monitor a storm system that is expected to enter the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday and possibly become the next named storm of the 2018 season. Several forecast models have this system moving ashore on the Texas coast south of Houston over the weekend, bringing with it the chance of heavy rains.