At least four people have died, a toll authorities fear will rise as the storm crawls westward across South Carolina. North Carolina Gov. With tropical storm-force winds swirling 350 miles (560 kilometers) wide, Florence continued deluging the Carolinas on Saturday morning after pushing surging seas far ashore. Meteorologist Ryan Maue of weathermodels.com calculated that Florence could dump a staggering 18 trillion gallons (68 trillion liters) of rain over a week on North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky and Maryland. ___For the latest on Hurricane Florence, visit https://www.apnews.com/tag/Hurricanes

Source: Fox News September 15, 2018 04:19 UTC