Hurricane Arthur to Cross East Coast Moving Toward Mass.

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Hurricane Arthur is now traversing the East Coast with sustained winds up to 100 mph after making landfall on the southern of North Carolina.

Recent report of the National Hurricane Center showed that the Hurricane Arthur is expected to weaken as it traverses the East Coast after its landfall. Early Friday morning, Hurricane Arthur was last located 40 miles north-northeast of Cape Lookout and approximately 40 miles west-southwest of Cape Hatteras, North Caroline. It is moving at the speed of 18 mph in a northeast direction.

The Center noted that tornadoes are possible to occur in Carolina and Virginia, while the hurricane warning is still up in the northeastern part of North Carolina. Tropical storm warning is still raised in the north of Duck, North Carolina to Virginia's Eastern Shore. Included in the warning are the Portsmouth, Norfolk, Chesapeake, and Virginia Beach.

Several families have postponed the celebration of the Fourth of July, while some have stayed in the beach while the sun is still up. However, when the National Hurricane Center raised the hurricane warning, mandatory evacuation had been implemented on Hatteras Island.

Businesses have also closed down in the beach areas of North Carolina to avoid the onslaught of the storm.

Over the past three decades, some of the most devastating hurricanes that hit the United states include: Andrew in 1992 that made landfall in southern Florida; Floyd in 1999; Isabelle in 2003; Ivan in 2004 that made landfall in Gulf Shores, Alabama; and Katrina in 2005 which made landfall in Louisiana leaving an estimated damage of &75 billion.