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Hurricane Florence: Evacuations continue as North Carolina rivers rise

September 25, 2018 12:41 am

About 6,000 to 8,000 people in Georgetown County, South Carolina, were alerted to be prepared to evacuate potential flood zones ahead of a 'record event' of up to 10 feet (3 meters) of flooding, which is expected to begin on Tuesday.

Rain-gorged river still poses flood threat in Hurricane Florence's aftermath

September 24, 2018 9:33 am

About 5,000 people across North Carolina have been rescued by boat or helicopter since the storm made landfall, twice as many as in Hurricane Matthew two years ago, according to state officials. Thousands of people remained in shelters.

Flooding on tap for South Carolina, a week after Florence

September 22, 2018 1:02 am

Thirty-one deaths have been attributed to the storm in North Carolina, eight in South Carolina and one in Virginia.

Hurricane Florence: 3.4 million poultry, 5,500 hogs drowned in flooding

September 19, 2018 9:58 am

North Carolina is among the top states in the nation in producing pork and poultry, with about 9 million hogs at any given time and 819 million chickens and 34 million turkeys raised each year.

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Toppled trees, swift water have killed 32 in Florence

September 18, 2018 8:15 am

Officials caution people not to drive down barricaded roads and to be cautious of any standing water. What seems like a small puddle can escalate into a raging current within seconds.

HURRICANE FLORENCE VIDEOS

The aftermath of a hurricane, seen from a drone

June 22, 2020 6:15 pm

Aerial footage from North Carolina shows the scale of flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence.

Climate change is real and it is making hurricanes worse. Here's how

June 22, 2020 6:16 pm

Rising ocean temperatures have fueled some of the most devastating storms in recent years. Kendra Pierre-Louis, a reporter on The New York Times’s climate team, explains how.