Sararesa Hudson and her family were among the thousands displaced by Hurricane Florence in 2018. Photo: Jake Nicol/The Wall Street JournalElberta Hudson didn’t want to leave her home -- even as Hurricane Florence flooded her property and left her family stranded in their elevated, one-story house in Pender County, North Carolina. On Sep. 17, 2018, Ms. Hudson and her family were hoisted into a Coast Guard helicopter in a dramatic rescue three days after Florence made landfall.

Source: Wall Street Journal December 31, 2018 21:11 UTC