A worker died when the winds ripped the roof off a warehouse.
The fury came right as many schools were set to dismiss for the day. Students and teachers sheltered in place.
Downed trees and power lines led to road closures and thousands of power outages in Virginia.
The death toll from Florence now stands at 32 people, across three states, with 25 of those fatalities in North Carolina.
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