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Members of the North Carolina Task Force urban search and rescue team wade through a flooded neighborhood looking for residents who stayed behind as
Florence continues to dump heavy rain in Fayetteville, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018.
Associated Press
Flooding fears surge as rivers rise; Wilmington cut off
By CHUCK BURTON off by the epic deluge and muddy The storm continued to crawl ated from communities along the
Associated Press river water swamping entire neigh- westward, dumping more than state’s steadily rising rivers — with
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Cata- borhoods miles inland. “The risk to 30 inches (75 centimeters) of rain the Cape Fear, Little River, Lumber,
strophic flooding from Florence life is rising with the angry waters,” in spots since Friday, and fears Waccamaw and Pee Dee rivers all
spread across the Carolinas on Sun- Gov. Roy Cooper declared as the of historic flooding grew. Tens of projected to burst their banks.
day, with roads to Wilmington cut storm’s death toll climbed to 17. thousands were ordered evacu- Continued on Page 3
