Hundreds of people were rescued in New Bern, N.C., on Friday as Tropical Storm Florence continued its assault on the Carolina coast after making landfall in the morning. Tom Ballance, New Bern resident and business owner, told the Weather Channel that he watched water rise around him while sitting in his home, according to the Charlotte Observer. - Dana Outlaw, Mayor of New BernNew Bern, a city of about 29,000 people, sits on a peninsula between the Neuse and Trent rivers. - Tom Ballance, New Bern resident and business ownerRoberts said early estimates show about 4,300 residences and 300 commercial buildings had been damaged. New Bern, a 300-year-old city that was once the state capital, is about a two-hour drive southeast of Raleigh.

Source: Fox News September 15, 2018 10:30 UTC