Hurricane Florence claimed at least four lives till now. A woman and her child were killed after a tree fell on their house in Wilmington, North Carolina. Landfall occurred in North Carolina after the hurricane.
NEWS ALERT! Police and Fire responded to a home off Mercer Ave where a tree fell on top of a home. One transported to hospital, other victim’s inside.
— Wilmington Police (@WilmingtonPD) September 14, 2018
The Wilmington Police Department confirmed the fatalities on Twitter.
Warning the residents not to go outdoors during the storm, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper wrote on Twitter, “This storm is going to continue its violent grind across our state for days. Be alert. To those in the storm path, if you can hear me – please stay sheltered in place. Do NOT go out into this storm.”
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Florence, which has now been downgraded to a tropical storm, flattened trees, crumbled roads and knocked out electricity over 100 shelters, Al Jazeera quoted the Governor’s sources.
“We are expecting several more days of rain, and our focus is to get people away from immediate danger. We will then focus on helping people get their lives back together,” Cooper added.
Cooper also tweeted about the rescue camps and gave their numbers in a tweet:
RETWEET THIS: Here is a list of shelters opening to take in people displaced by evacuations: pic.twitter.com/DAQVCCj0fo
— Governor Roy Cooper (@NC_Governor) September 12, 2018