Shoppers in Virginia flocked to stock up on essential supplies on Monday, September 10, as residents on the US east coast braced themselves for Hurricane Florence.

This video shows the empty shelves at the Walmart Supercenter store in Yorktown.

Hundreds of thousands of people were forced to leave their homes after the governors of Virginia, North and South Carolina issued mandatory evacuation orders ahead of the Category 4 storm, ABC Local 10 News reported. Hurricane Florence was forecast to make landfall on Thursday, September 13. Credit: Deja Nacole via Storyful