Trump To Visit North Carolina Tuesday To Survey Florence Impact

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WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump will travel to North Carolina on Wednesday to survey the impact of Hurricane Florence.

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders on Tuesday confirmed Trump’s travel plans to North Carolina, which bore the brunt of the powerful storm.

Trump will land at Marine Crops Air Station Cherry Point at 10:20 a.m. He will also make a stop at Myrtle Beach during his trip to the Carolinas.

Republican senators Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott will join the president.

Today’s tour comes as many communities continue to deal with massive flooding as rivers have yet to crest.

In Wilmington, residents lined up by the hundreds for free food, water and tarps while officials opened up to the public two routes that had previously been impassable.

Florence is being blamed for at least 34 deaths in three states.

Remnants of the once-powerful Category 4 hurricane are now a rainy, windy mass of low pressure. The system has speeded up on a path toward the heavily populated Northeast.