But with half of the storm still out over the Atlantic, Florence continued to collect warm ocean water and dump it onshore. In the Fayetteville area, John Rose owns a furniture business with stores less than a mile (1.6 kilometers) away from the Cape Fear River. And on Saturday evening, Duke Energy said heavy rains caused a slope to collapse at a coal ash landfill at a closed power station outside Wilmington, North Carolina. ADVERTISEMENTThe company hasn’t yet determined whether any contamination entered the Cape Fear River. The dead included a mother and baby killed when a tree fell on a house in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 16, 2018 07:52 UTC