Number of Hurricane Florence victims in United States rises to 13

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NCDOT also said drivers who would otherwise travel through the state are being detoured entirely around the state, and identifying detours around Interstates 95, 40, 85, 77 and 26 is becoming increasingly hard as the storm continues moving westward.

“Relatives told authorities he was checking on his hunting dogs at the time”, the Post reported. North Myrtle Beach had around 7 inches. But once New Bern TV news station WCTI evacuated its newsroom Thursday night because of flooding and people began to lose power, the seriousness of the situation began dawning on folks, she said.

The national meteorological center says southern China “will face a severe test caused by wind and rain” and urged officials to prepare for possible disasters.

The tropical depression will keep dumping rain over parts of North Carolina for the next few days, with numerous rivers expected to crest at major flood stage. Though the popular North Carolina tourist destination seems to have been spared the worst of Florence’s wrath, the islands still have some of the fastest rates of sea level rise in the world, almost an inch a year.

The Neuse, Pamlico, Pungo and Bay rivers may experience storm surges from 3 to 5 feet.

Though the hurricane was downgraded to a tropical storm, it has caused and is continuing to cause damage and blackouts throughout the state of North Carolina. The IRS took similar measures for those affected by Hurricanes Irma and Harvey previous year. About 31 inches (79 centimeters) was reported in Swansboro, on the North Carolina coast.

Florence also now stands as the sixth-highest tropical cyclone rainfall total across the US for records dating back to 1950. Some of the heavier bands have shifted toward Fayetteville, Charlotte and Raleigh.

Sections of two interstates, I-40 and I-95, were shut down due to flooding and debris.

Tornadoes remain a threat, with the NHC saying that “a few tornadoes are possible in southeastern North Carolina and northeastern SC”.

In North Carolina, fears of what could be the worst flooding in the state’s history led officials to order tens of thousands to evacuate, though it wasn’t clear how many had fled or even could. In past hurricanes, flooding at dozens of farms also left hundreds of thousands of dead hogs, chickens and other decomposing livestock bobbing in floodwaters.

The city of about 29,000, which was founded in the early 1700s and was briefly the state capital, is near the North Carolina coast and is bordered on the east and south, respectively, by two rivers.

“We know the water is rising fast everywhere – even in places that don’t typically flood”, Cooper said.

The program was used in North Carolina after Hurricane Matthew in October 2016.

A campaign sign is under water on Pamlico St in Belhaven, N.C. on Saturday morning on September 15, 2018.

Florence set a record in the state for rain from a hurricane, surpassing the previous record of 24 inches (61 cm) set by Hurricane Floyd, which killed 56 people in 1999, said Bryce Link, a meteorologist with private forecasting service DTN Marine Weather. “And numerous rivers will see prolonged flooding, some not cresting for a few days”. Expect, “catastrophic flash flooding and prolonged significant river flooding”. The Waccamaw River, near Conway, South Carolina, will rise near record levels by the end of the week.

Florence is still moving very slowly inland. The storm should move up into West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York and parts of New England by Tuesday, dropping 2 to 4 inches of rain there. She said that count is expected to increase significantly.