We face walls of water, at our coast, along our rivers, across farmland, in our cities and in our towns.’ —North Carolina Gov. Roy CooperThe first storm-related death reported in South Carolina occurred Friday night, when a 61-year-old woman driving on a highway near Union crashed into a toppled tree. More than 810,000 people lacked power in North Carolina, and another 170,000 outages were reported in South Carolina, according to emergency-management agencies. “The rainfall is epic, and will continue to be,” said North Carolina Gov. and Wayne Farms LLC shut down operations from Pennsylvania to North Carolina.

Source: Wall Street Journal September 15, 2018 15:12 UTC