More than 1 million people were under mandatory evacuation orders as Hurricane Florence crawled toward the East Coast. By Thursday afternoon Sept. 13, Florence’s wind speeds had dropped, and the storm was classified as a Category 2. Florence slowly ravaged the region, flooding cities, endangering communities from the coastline to the rugged mountains.The perils stretched across North Carolina and South Carolina.
Resident Joseph Eudi looks at flood debris and storm damage from Hurricane Florence at a home on East Front Street in New Bern, N.CRising flood waters approach the roof of a home in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, in Leland, North Carolina, USA pig farm is flooded near Trenton North Carolina.Chicken farm buildings near Trenton North CarolinaPortions of a boat dock and boardwalk are destroyed by powerful wind and waves from Hurricane Florence in Atlantic BeachA sailboat is shoved up against a house and a collapsed garage by the high winds and heavy rain from Hurricane FlorenceDamaged mobile home from the winds of Hurricane Florence in the Jacksonville North Carolina area.Trenton N.C. is inundated by flood waters from Hurricane FlorenceTwo people paddle through the streets of flooded New Bern North CarolinaHomes and a marina flooded due to high tides and rain in Jacksonville North Carolina