Emergency crews in North Carolina scrambled Friday to rescue hundreds of people stranded in their homes by floodwaters unleashed by Hurricane Florence. The drama was unfolding in the riverfront town of New Bern, which was hit by a huge storm surge as the sprawling Category 1 hurricane came close to making landfall. ADVERTISEMENTVideo footage showed parking lots in New Bern turned into shallow lakes of dirty gray water as heavy rain fell. Two rescue teams from the federal disaster relief agency FEMA were on the job and others were on the way. “Currently ~150 awaiting rescue in New Bern,” City Hall said on Twitter.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 14, 2018 11:30 UTC