US President Donald Trump has issued a disaster declaration for North Carolina as officials warn the state could experience its most severe flooding ever. US President Donald Trump has issued a disaster declaration for North Carolina as officials warn the state could experience its most severe flooding ever. A day after Florence blew ashore in North Carolina with 90 mph winds, more than 2ft of rain had fallen in places, with forecasters saying there could be an additional one-and-a-half feet by the end of the weekend. The dead included a mother and baby killed when a tree fell on a house in Wilmington, North Carolina. South Carolina recorded its first death from the storm when officials said a 61-year-old woman was killed when her vehicle hit a tree that had fallen across a highway.

Source: Irish Independent September 15, 2018 18:22 UTC