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she said.
feet. Florence already has
federal, state, local and
the
Wilmington roads, and traffic lights were out virtually everywhere. Residents,
travelers essentially go
and assembling living room furniture. Jerald,
Mayor
decision could change
although people
venturing out
Carolina officials
to keep roads as
Oceanic and Atmospheric
also is predicted to swell rivers to
weeks.
there’s
best. As many of his
flood the older section of the
other
but we are letting them
they are pleased with the state
or more from Wrightsville Beach,
during Hurricane
the canal — Charlie McCormick was riding
at least Wednesday. Despite the
it did with Matthew, and it looks like it will,”
He said he wanted to prevent drivers from getting stranded
Danville, Paces and
hanging or downed power lines hide within
“We put out 75,000 cubic yards of sand on the
left scientists
rainfall records and left tens of thousands of people
previous record of 29 feet until
and beneath the trees, crews sometimes have
home, hoping for the
indoors, began
miles
sputtering for adequate descriptions. The storm
open again. Fallen trees and power lines blocked
neighborhood. “Our concern now is that
Lumberton neighbors moved out Saturday, Tyson Jerald
hinted
warned residents Saturday not to become “complacent” about Tropical
over North
now face imminent threat than
feels different
soon as possible, before the flooding
dire predictions and official warnings, some residents were staying put
said. Conditions
Twenty crews are clearing felled trees, but
good portion of the island,” he said.
were flooding fast; the number of closures nearly doubled during
Saffo said some
volunteers — have helped hundreds of stranded
for some time.” The Cape Fear River was about
of it. But
turn, will have cascading effects throughout the watershed. In
ago, Hurricane Matthew swamped half of this neighborhood, which
if we have to.” A few houses down from Jerald’s
not
to cover the state of Texas in four
water and sewer facilities
deteriorating in coming days,” he said. Also appearing
butter and jelly sandwiches,” said April Bellamy, 38, who said
red-and-green image known as Florence traveled across
into Thursday.
on Sunday in Manchester, N.C., and it is predicted
was busy moving in, hauling
and Wednesday, according to
it.”
that
of the way through this.” That
respond. About
and on Xbox and Netflix.” But he said that
foot of Virginia’s Shenandoah Mountains and nearly 300 miles
to the popular beach community Saturday was still
side of the canal then, and his house was spared.
Carolina, to continue pouring down rain, perhaps 15
water
is deadly,” Fayetteville
had some pretty big surges, and
Even
inches of rain, shattering the record of 24 inches set
get help
slow journey
businesses open Saturday, more than 20 people lined up outside,
clearly getting cabin fever after
powerful winds and driving rains that only
know if they don’t get out, they are
to stay
stage of 13 feet at midday Saturday, and NOAA
storm was just offshore. I cannot overstate it. Floodwaters
crews. Blair said
means rain
across farmland, in our cities and in our towns,” Cooper
— and a few houses closer to
amid rising floodwater and
washed away in
it could be weeks
few
to help the Wilmington area as
Matthew in 2016, when the
expected winds,
the screen and toward his new
at
out the storm Saturday, his teenage children “happy
Sunday, depending on
of a few hours Saturday. Even major arteries such as
that travelers avoid the state altogether. Jim Trogdon suggested that
river crested at 52
you think
if ever. As of Saturday, Florence had dropped 30
in his city
mile of the Cape Fear River
in shelters and more than 1 million homes without power.
remain without power in Wilmington, and Duke Energy officials warned
more inches. “We face walls of
from the shoreline, and that, in
Storm Florence, which, despite weaker-than-
many
five- to six-foot surges very quickly covered a
at the afternoon
“I’ve been on that side of town all my
briefing,
over warmer-than-usual Atlantic
112,000 people, out of 127,000 locally,
are rising, and if you aren’t
life, and we’re always the last to get power,”
for utility crews to
Waffle House on Market Street, one of the very
Friday
. but we’re
than three feet now to more
when the
its current level of about
because many
clear as possible for emergency workers. He noted that
worsens. “We’re just now entering
a dryer into the kitchen
is without
to stay off the
“we’re only about one-third
of water, said Ryan Maue, a meteorologist
predicted that will nearly double by
a North Carolina beach, the Roanoke
it looks like we lost most
on Tuesday
LUMBERTON, N.C. — North
put it,
private
severe as it
risking your life.” Officials issued several mandatory evacuation orders, including
had one eye on the move. The other, as he
is going to dump about 18 trillion gallons of water,
much of it sucked up during its
which
was just below the flood
is about the volume of the Chesapeake Bay, or
around the state,
other way and
by Tuesday, according to the
might think the worst of the storm is over,
N.C., where Florence came ashore Friday with
the head of North Carolina’s transportation department asked
with weathermodels.com. Maue said about 6 trillion gallons
neighborhood
“Overall, we survived this . .
feet high on Friday afternoon and is expected to
detouring through Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia, if necessary.
and the Little River. “We can’t force folks to leave,
Interstates 40 and 95 have been affected. “Road conditions
power and is likely to remain
extreme flood levels well into Virginia. The Dan River in
the span
at the catastrophic damage it is likely
“But
stop mid-work
as
New Hanover County Commission.
announcing
some 100
so for
will drop in the coming days
to
and call
Saturday, but officials warned them
officials said at a news conference that
the river will rise higher than
had fallen by Saturday afternoon. So, he said,
a 40-year-old truck driver,
all the cars, a generator, cash and we
from 18 feet on Saturday to a record 35 feet
people. And at least 20,000 people have moved into shelters
is poised to cause historic flooding and devastation for
years
was “24/7 on the Weather Channel,” as the swirling
oceanfront community suffered significant damage,
midday Sunday and remain at that level at least
we did not
within a
before power is fully restored. At a
above the
a matter of minutes.” In
Mayor Mitch
a full day
out of their homes. “My kids are tired of peanut
in North Carolina, officials
during Hurricane Floyd in 1999. And the forecast is
Matthew taught us some
said at a
— at our coast, along our rivers,
not going to
made landfall on
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and federal response, but they also pleaded for agencies
said Woody White, chairman of the
still in the middle of
River. Jerald lived on the
Florence. McCormick was in his home during
In Roanoke, at the
teams were working to get
Cooper (D) and other officials
But this storm
farther inland, NOAA predicted that the Little River will rise
than 16 feet
beach a few months ago,
roads. Wilmington Mayor
Bill
from where Florence
home. Two
to inflict. Florence’s sheer volume of water,
Bill Blair said that his
limited to police, fire, government and repair
Wilmington, close to where Florence came ashore, county and local
is divided by a canal that leads to the Lumber
— major flooding levels — on Monday. Rescue crews —
enough
watching for them, you are
seeking hot food and a chance to get
may be safe can be
“Roads
trying to make it totally clear that this
news briefing. “More people
I’ve got gas in
but that “the structural damage is
rise to more than 62 feet in Fayetteville
to him. “We’ve never seen anything like this,” he said.
and
Officials confirmed at least
looks” on social media. “We
many days across much of the region. “We’re
have a breach” through the island. Access
for the storm, which has essentially stalled
inches
Colvin said, shortly after
Wrightsville Beach
water, has
Carolina. But Gov. Roy
water-covered roads hide sinkholes that have developed in some locations.
will cause flooding not seen in a generation —
roads
will get out of Dodge
he said. “We’re watching, but
apartment in the Creekwood
are so poor across so much
at high tide, the
thick of it,”
repeatedly warned Saturday that
South Boston is projected to rise from
her
NOAA.
Lumberton, about 90 miles from the coast, the Lumber River
things. Now
will overflow already full rivers and streams far
seven to 10 feet to about 30 feet
an unprecedented mandatory evacuation order for all people who live
Administration (NOAA). Colvin noted that four people died
11 deaths, including one Saturday in South
not much else to do.” The storm
Cooper, the governor, added:
Matthew, and he watched the canal spill the
of the state that
the volume of rainwater it
across nearly all of our state will be rapidly
set
River is expected to rise from less