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Stern said there were no reports of injuries, and two homes and a trailer were damaged.
Much of the western part of
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The president is offering his thoughts to the people of
Trump tells reporters at the
Officials in a coastal
The mayor of
White says 20 trucks with supplies arrived Monday from
Officials say an 88-year-old man is dead after his car was swept off a
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News outlets report the
Parents voiced their concerns on social media, spurred by a video which showed a bus plowing through floodwaters. Emergency officials were dispatched after a report that a school bus headed to an elementary school was caught on a flooded road in
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The general said those efforts include search-and-rescue operations and deploying high-water vehicles and swift-water boats in areas with extreme flooding.
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Regan said state investigators will visit the sites as conditions allow.
The large pits at hog farms hold feces and urine from the animals to be sprayed on nearby fields.
The Associated Press published photos of a hog farm outside
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In an email sent Monday, officials said the school would remain closed through next Monday, adding that the school won't necessarily reopen on that day. The statement said that means there will be no classes at the school this week. The statement also notes substantial progress has been made in developing a plan for what lies ahead for the school, which has an enrollment of nearly 17,000.
The email cites state and local authorities who say people should not try to return to
He did not say what road that is, and no other details were available immediately.
Cooper said at a news conference Monday that "the danger is still immediate."
He said floodwaters continue to rise as rivers crest "and they will for days."
Cooper said first responders have rescued and evacuated more than 2,600 people and 300 animals from flooded areas so far. He said about 484,000 people in
Air travel was returning to near normal levels in the
According to tracking service FlightAware, about 200 U.S. flights had been canceled by midday, almost all due to the storm and its aftermath. That was down sharply from the weekend.
More than half of Monday's cancellations were in
About 3,500 flights were canceled Wednesday, when the storm was approaching the Carolina coast, through Sunday.
State transportation officials say heavy rains from Tropical Depression Florence have spared most of the western
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Uchiyama says so far the area has had "no other significant damages."
But he also warned that the area is always at risk of mudslides. He said they can happen without warning, sometimes several days or weeks after heavy rainfall.
Workers with the restaurant chain Waffle House are being brought in from around the country to help keep the company's locations up and running in areas affected by
Waffle House CEO
Ehmer says about 150 workers had been brought in as of Monday as part of the company's emergency response team. He says it's part of the company's culture to never close. The extra hands were partly needed because some local workers had to evacuate.
The chain is so well known for staying open no matter what that former Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator
Ehmer says Waffle House is having to fly some food into
Authorities say two homes in
Gillie says no one was hurt, but the powerful winds spinning off the remnants of
A rail company says it's investigating whether heavy rains from
CSX said in a news release that the derailment happened Sunday night in
The railroad company said nine locomotives and five railcars ran off the track.
The company said none of the cars was carrying hazardous materials. But some of the locomotives spilled diesel fuel and motor oil. The company says it is working with the
A weakening Tropical Depression Florence is forecast to drop up to 6 inches (15 centimeters) of rain over parts of the Mid-Atlantic and
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Forecasters say tornadoes also were possible Monday from the Carolinas into parts of
Authorities say two homes in
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The woman's car was swept off the road by the floodwaters, pinning it against a group of trees. She was able to free 1-year-old
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The ships are ready deploy hundreds of
Military officials said the USNS Comfort hospital ship has not been deployed because communities surrounding the disaster area are able to provide adequate medical services.
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In a news release Monday, the
The devastating flooding in
According to data obtained by The Associated Press, the state has 1,445 dams rated high hazard. That's out of a total of about 5,700 dams that range from large federal ones to small privately owned ones.
A high hazard classification means a failure could be likely to cause the loss of one or more human lives.
The data show that of the state's high-hazard dams, 185 had conditions of poor or unsatisfactory during recent inspections.
The data comes from the National Inventory of Dams.
About 467,000 customers were without service in
About 17,000 customers were without service in
About 12,000 customers were without service in
Dozens of roads are closed in the western parts of
State transportation officials said early Monday that roads are blocked by downed trees or covered with standing water.
Officials at the
Park officials said in a statement Monday that areas of the park that straddle
Other roads and facilities have remained open, including the Sugarlands and Oconaluftee visitor centers.
Authorities are searching for a 1-year-old boy who was swept away by floodwaters in
The woman's car was swept off the road by the floodwaters, pinning it against a group of trees. She was able to free 1-year-old
A train has derailed in
WBTV reports that the CSX train derailed Sunday evening in
The station says the derailment led to at least one road closure.
The station cites CSX officials as saying that the derailment involved several cars on a train headed to
Officials have reported flooding caused by Tropical Storm Florence in
They did not say whether there were any injuries or what the train was carrying.
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The spreading disaster claimed additional lives Sunday, with at least 17 people confirmed dead, and the nation's top emergency official said other states were in the path this week.
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