Unending disaster: Florence floods prompt new evacuations
At least 42 people have died, included an elderly man whose body was found in a pickup truck that had been submerged in
Leaders in the Carolinas warned residents not to get complacent as it became plain that additional horrors lie ahead before things get much better.
"Although the winds are gone and the rain is not falling, the water is still there and the worst is still to come," said
Speaking in
"They got hit, but the big hit comes days later and it will be the biggest they've ever had," said Trump, who visited North and
While most peoples' lights are back on in the Carolinas and
Rescuers wearing night-vision googles used helicopters, boats and big-wheeled military vehicles overnight to evacuate about 100 people from a southeastern
And in
In tiny
"They didn't clean the ditches," she said. "Same levee. Same dams. What have we been doing for two years? ... Where did the money go to fix everything, to make the power lines stronger and to replace the poles?"
About 25 miles (40 kilometers) nearer to the
"This is ridiculous. This is the worst I've ever seen, and that includes hurricane evacuations," Tovornik said.
Roads also were a major problem in
Along the
"We almost lost our lives, I'm here to tell you we did," said White, whose family previously evacuated last Thursday as
The
As environmental worries mount, Duke Energy said a dam containing a large lake at
Something else could be a problem, though.
Collins reported from
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