WILMINGTON, N.C. – Florence plowed into the Carolinas and lumbered slowly inland on Sept. 14, knocking down trees, gorging rivers, dumping sheets of rain and leaving five people dead before it was downgraded to a tropical storm still capable of wreaking havoc.
Reuters: Hurricane Florence brings ‘epic’ floods
Homes are flooded after a storm surge from Hurricane Florence flooded the Neuse River Sept. 14 in New Bern, North Carolina.
