RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Officials say 31 people have died as a result of Florence. About two dozen truckloads of military MREs and bottled water were delivered overnight to Wilmington, the state’s eighth-largest city, officials said. Compounding problems, downed power lines and broken trees crisscrossed many roads in Wilmington three days after Florence made landfall. His power went off Thursday before Florence hit the coast, but he couldn’t recall exactly when. Downgraded from a tropical depression, the deadly storm still had abundant rain and top winds around 25 mph (35 kph).

Source: Huffington Post September 18, 2018 00:56 UTC