Fayetteville and Cumberland County officials are encouraging those in flood-prone and low-lying areas to finalize sheltering plans and emergency preparations, according to a press release Thursday evening.

As of 4:45 p.m., there were 378 that had signed into Cumberland County’s seven shelters. The shelters are located at:

Kiwanis Recreation Center – 352 Devers St., Fayetteville

Mac Williams Middle School – 4644 Clinton Rd., Fayetteville

Pine Forest High School – 525 Andrews Rd., Fayetteville (pet accommodations provided)

Seventy-First High School – 6764 Raeford Rd, Fayetteville

Smith Recreation Center – 1520 Slater Ave., Fayetteville

South View High School – 4184 Elk Rd, Hope Mills (pet accommodations provided)

W.T. Brown Elementary School – 2522 Andrews Church Rd., Spring Lake

Many are heeding the warnings, but CBS 17’s Amy Cutler came across a few folks still meandering around downtown Fayetteville playing Pokemon Go.

“It’s really crazy because I didn’t expect the whole town to be closed like this, but it’s good as a precautionary,” said Willie Collins. “There are a lot of raids going on right now on Pokemon Go, so we were hoping there would be kids here.”

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The outer bands of Hurricane Florence began to affect central North Carolina just before 6:30 p.m. Thursday.