Joseph Rushmore for HuffPost Sharon Langley returned home to gather a few belongings after being evacuated as floodwaters rose early Friday morning in Washington, North Carolina. Washington sits along the Pamlico River, about 100 miles northeast from where Florence made landfall, and is no stranger to flooding. Large portions of town were inundated as the storm surge from Florence pushed water upriver and the area was lashed by heavy rain. Joseph Rushmore for HuffPost A view looking east down Fifth Street in the flooded downtown area of Washington, North Carolina, on Friday morning. The area could see several more days of rain as Florence, now a tropical storm, lingers over the Carolinas.

Source: Huffington Post September 15, 2018 00:00 UTC