With Wilmington still mostly an island surrounded by Hurricane Florenceβs floodwaters and people waiting for hours for handouts of necessities like food, North Carolinaβs governor is pleading with thousands of evacuees to be patient and not return home just yet.
Two years ago, from Hurricane Matthew and in 1999, from Hurricane Floyd, floodwaters came close to entering Joe Holmesβ house in South Carolina, but he dodged those bullets. Now, with Florence , he doesnβt feel so lucky.
A large Rat Snake crosses East 36th St. in NoDa, Charlotte, likely displaced from flash flooding caused by the torrential rain of Tropical Storm Florence.