Coastal Carolina communities still grappling with flooding threat post-Florence
- 6 years ago
Residents in the coastal regions of North and South Carolina continue to deal with severe flooding almost two weeks after Hurricane Florence.
This video, filmed in Conway, South Carolina, shows an aerial view of the flooded city.
Thousands across the states have been urged to evacuate due to rising rivers, with Conway's Waccamaw River overflowing and inundating neighborhoods in the vicinity. The Great Pee Dee river, another major river, also rose to historic levels.
While floods are slowly receding, the storm's deluge has caused a spike in animal bites due to displaced snakes, and floodwaters breaching sewer plants has led to slugs of contaminated water spilling toward the coast.
To date, Hurricane Florence, which made landfall as a Category 1 storm on Sept. 14, has killed more than 40 people in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia, with many of these deaths attributed to victims being trapped in cars during floods.
This video, filmed in Conway, South Carolina, shows an aerial view of the flooded city.
Thousands across the states have been urged to evacuate due to rising rivers, with Conway's Waccamaw River overflowing and inundating neighborhoods in the vicinity. The Great Pee Dee river, another major river, also rose to historic levels.
While floods are slowly receding, the storm's deluge has caused a spike in animal bites due to displaced snakes, and floodwaters breaching sewer plants has led to slugs of contaminated water spilling toward the coast.
To date, Hurricane Florence, which made landfall as a Category 1 storm on Sept. 14, has killed more than 40 people in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia, with many of these deaths attributed to victims being trapped in cars during floods.