In Lenoir County a 78-year-old man was electrocuted while trying to connect extension cords and another man died after being blown away by high winds while checking on his dogs. Image: New Bern, North Carolina, has been battered by rain and wind, causing severe damageįlorence's death toll could rise as a number of deaths are being investigated to see if they were caused by the storm.Ī mother and baby were killed after a large tree fell on their home in Wilmington, while in Pender County a woman died of a heart attack after storm debris prevented paramedics from reaching her. "The sad thing is that this is a low income area - a lot of people just don't have insurance but they are too attached to their homes and families to leave." US correspondent Cordelia Lynch, who is in New Bern, said: "This community in the weeks and months to come is up against a great deal of flooding. More than 100 people were rescued and up to 75 more were awaiting rescue on Saturday morning, according to a town official. The 18th century town, with a population of 30,000, has been badly flooded, with 4,200 homes damaged. One of the towns worst affected is New Bern, which sits between the Neuse and Trent rivers in North Carolina. Officials in nearby Harnett County urged residents of about 1,100 homes to clear out because the Lower Little River was rising towards record levels. The evacuation zone included part of the city of Fayetteville, population 200,000. The flash-flooding could devastate communities and endanger dams, roads and bridges.Īuthorities ordered the immediate evacuation of up to 7,500 people living within a mile of a stretch of the Cape Fear River and the Little River, about 100 miles from the coast. :: Amanda Walker in Wilmington - Florence's landfall like being under a power shower Florence captured by the International Space Station
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