'A lot of anxiety': Nursing homes evacuate, hospitals hunker down as Florence nears

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South Carolina took the rare step of evacuating all 32 nursing homes in the state's coastal region as Hurricane Florence approached the coast. North Carolina will evacuate at least 10.

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