The swift-water rescues on Saturday morning were mostly of people who hadn’t heeded those orders, said Burgaw Fire Capt. Some parts of Burgaw commonly flood during heavy rains, and officials went to those parts before Florence’s arrival to tell residents there to evacuate.
Areas further inland through southwest Virginia could see as much as 15 inches of rainfall.īy mid-afternoon Saturday, about 20 rescue operations had taken place in communities near the Northeast Cape Fear River and one of its tributaries, the Black River, said Tammy Proctor, spokeswoman for Pender County Emergency Management. Steve Goldstein, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration liaison to FEMA headquarters, said on Saturday that the storm would "produce catastrophic flooding for some time," adding that many rivers would still experience catastrophic flooding from the storm and that 3- to 5-foot storm surges were still possible along the coast. WHAT'S NEXT? Why the Carolinas may face even more danger in Florence's floodwaters "We’re asking people, please stay off the streets unless it is an absolute emergency," he said. Coast Guard and others rescued 20 to 30 people in River Hills, a subdivision near Jacksonville, North Carolina.īurgaw Mayor Pete Cowan warned that the local hospital was not accessible it had already been evacuated. Administrative staff is available at the Onslow County Emergency. We assist Volunteer Fire and Rescue agencies across the county with supplemental staffing during the hours of 6 a.m. ET, the center of the depression was southwest of Columbia in South Carolina and was moving west at around 8 mph. The Fire Rescue Division is comprised of Emergency Responders, a Fire Marshal and is overseen by a Fire Rescue Division Chief. Saturday, according to preliminary reports from the National Weather Service.
Rescued families were delivered to shelters, where approximately 20,000 people across the state were housed on Saturday.
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