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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 17 2018, @10:37AM (5 children)
Nor overland rain... Do people think this stuff is being bottled? There's something called a water cycle, and the rain ends up back in the ocean anyway...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 17 2018, @10:51AM (4 children)
Never underestimate the abject stupidity of the average person.
The grandparent (or great, I lost count) that asked how much ocean levels would drop was simply indicating just how low an IQ he/she possesses.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 17 2018, @11:42AM (3 children)
Who are these people that go around debunking ideas with gradeschool level knowledge? Here you go, so much rain was stored in an australian lake that sea level dropped 2 inches in a year:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-scientist-explains-the-mystery-of-recent-sea-level-drop/ [scientificamerican.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 17 2018, @12:42PM (2 children)
From the Fine Link:
So, a quarter inch (not two inches) over 18 months (not 12 months). That's impressive enough, no need for exaggerating the numbers - especially when you're encouraging us to look them up!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 17 2018, @04:24PM (1 child)
3 mm ~ .1 in -> 3 mm ~ 1 in
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 17 2018, @09:17PM
In other words, "what's an order of magnitude among friends?"
25.4mm == 1in -> 7mm ~ 0.276in
I hope you're saying that you mis-typed, and meant 0.2in earlier; otherwise you're admitting to be really bad at math.