“It’s an uninvited brute who doesn’t want to leave,” said North Carolina Gov. He said parts of North Carolina had seen storm surges — the bulge of seawater pushed ashore by the hurricane — as high as 3 meters. The town of Oriental, North Carolina, got more than 50 centimeters just a few hours into the deluge. Meteorologist Ryan Maue of weathermodels.com said Florence could dump a staggering 68 trillion liters of rain over a week on North Carolina, South Carolinas, Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky and Maryland. North Carolina alone is forecast to get 36 trillion liters, enough to cover the Tar Heel state to a depth of about 25 centimeters.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 15, 2018 00:00 UTC