on a board covering the window of her family business, Southland Flooring and Design, as she prepares against rising floodwaters from the Neuse River on Saturday. For the past two days, the Rikards had worked to prepare the family flooring business for the flooding unleashed by Hurricane Florence. “Luckily, we got the hookup on flooring,” Kendall said with a laugh. Authorities closed the highway Saturday between Kinston and New Bern, located at the confluence of the Neuse and Trent rivers, because of the flooding. The shop stayed open on Saturday as the Neuse River rose about a mile to the south.

Source: Huffington Post September 16, 2018 04:30 UTC