Drownings as post-hurricane flooding continues in USCARLO ALLEGRI/REUTERS A woman uses a plank to paddle a small boat, to pass a flooded building. Multiple drownings have occurred in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, with Governor Pat McCrory saying three more drownings had just been confirmed Tuesday (Wednesday NZ time), raising the death toll in the state to 17. CARLO ALLEGRI/REUTERS People operate small boats in flood waters as a result of Hurricane Matthew in Lumberton, North Carolina. NICOLE CRAINE/REUTERS Flooding waters begin to cover an airport runway. NICOLE CRAINE/REUTERS Flooding waters of theTar River cover the Riverwalk Apartments in Greenville, North Carolina.

Source: Stuff October 11, 2016 23:03 UTC