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Florence bringing 'catastrophic' flooding, mudslides deep into North Carolina
Rivers approached record flood stage and more than 680,000 utility customers were without power Sunday as North Carolina struggled under the crushing fury of Florence, the mighty hurricane diminished to a tropical depression but still pounding the region with unrelenting rain.
The Florence death toll rose to 14 Sunday after a truck lost control on a flooded South Carolina.
Florence has stalled over the Carolinas and was forecast to dump up to 10 more inches of rain in some areas, the National Hurricane Center said. Parts of southeastern North Carolina could see up to 40 inches before the rain ends Monday. And the damage isn't confined to the coast.
"These rainfall amounts will produce catastrophic flash flooding, prolonged significant river flooding and an elevated risk for landslides in western North Carolina and far southwest Virginia," the hurricane center warned.
Sections of two interstates, I-40 and I-95, were shut down due to flooding and debris. Several rivers were approaching record levels, and officials warned that cresting in some areas won't come until later in the week.
Previously: Hurricane Florence Threatens Carolinas and Georgia on U.S. East Coast
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday September 17 2018, @06:32AM (3 children)
... you insensitive clod!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 3, Informative) by Runaway1956 on Monday September 17 2018, @07:33AM (2 children)
Nonsense. I've been in storms and hurricanes. Remember Andrew? I ran into it, and then ran north with it. It was a deal, but not a really big deal. And, the people I talked to didn't talk in Dramaese either. Factual statements are useful, Dramaese is pretty damned useless, especially if you're affected, and need to make decisions.
I forget the year, I'd have to look it up, but the huge-ass storms that hit Maine, resulting in broken dams all over the central part of the state weren't dramatized like this. I really liked Maine people when I lived among them, they have little use for drama. Simple facts, stated in a matter of fact fashion.
I'll give ten to one odds that the people who are actually experiencing Florence right now aren't talking in Dramaese. Those people trade useful information with each other, because they want to help each other. They don't have any time, or need, to state things in some poetic nonsense fashion. Those kind of sentences are written by fruitcakes, safely ensconced in their offices, far from the storm. "We've got to milk Florence for RATINGS!! Make it sound ten times worse than it really is!"
Oh yeah - ratings. If at all possible, they have to make it Trump's fault. There are already comments about Trump and Florence elsewhere in this thread.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday September 17 2018, @08:54AM
Oh, gosh, so many words for "people survive/deal with it, drama's for journos (fuck'em)", but yeah,. I got it
(should've grinned, the use of an old meme is no longer recognised)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Monday September 17 2018, @05:10PM
The head of Homeland Security is likely to fire the FEMA director immediately after Florence wraps up over a very, very minor ethical violation because they happen to be good friends with the #3 at FEMA. The #2 spot has not yet been filled.
While #3 has impeccable academic and policy-making credentials he's never done any actual emergency work; his focus is on stuff like disaster insurance.
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