(AP) - The Marines, the Coast Guard, civilian crews and volunteers used helicopters, boats and heavy-duty vehicles Saturday to rescue scores of people trapped by Florence’s shoreline onslaught, even as North Carolina braced for what could be the next stage of the disaster: widespread, catastrophic flooding inland. 

Hurricane Florence already has inundated coastal streets with ocean water and left tens of thousands without power, and forecasters say conditions will only worsen as the hulking storm slogs inland.

Hurricane Florence has been downgraded to a Category 2 storm, according to the latest NHC advisory, but is still considered extremely dangerous and life-threatening.

Rapidly intensifying Hurricane Florence could strike a direct and dangerous blow anywhere from the Carolinas to the Mid-Atlantic region later this week.

The City of Tulsa has two street projects beginning Monday, March 19th.

A major street project scheduled to start this week along 101st Street South in Tulsa and could impact your commute.