NEW BERN, North Carolina — As the death toll from Florence mounted and hundreds of people were pulled from flooded homes, North Carolina is bracing for what could be the next stage of a still-unfolding disaster: catastrophic, widespread river flooding. In Goldsboro, North Carolina, home of Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, roads that frequently flood were already closed Saturday by rushing water. Dozens of electric repair trucks massed to respond to damage expected to hit central North Carolina as rainwater collected into rivers headed to the coast. The dead included a mother and baby killed by a falling tree in Wilmington, North Carolina. Three died in one inland county, Duplin, because of water on roads and flash floods, authorities said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 16, 2018 13:07 UTC