Wilmington businesses and residents assess damage as deadly Florence trudges inland in Carolinas

Record ID: 1356433

  • Title: Wilmington businesses and residents assess damage as deadly Florence trudges inland in Carolinas
  • Date: 15th September 2018
  • Summary: WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 15, 2018) (REUTERS) WIDE OF EXTERIORS OF STOREFRONTS IN DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON VARIOUS OF SIGN READING (English): 'GOURMET MARKET' VARIOUS OF DONNA STAMM, GOURMET MARKET MANAGER, SERVING CUSTOMERS PERSON PUTTING CREAM INTO COFFEE (SOUNDBITE) (English) DONNA STAMM, GOURMET MARKET MANAGER, ON IF THIS IS THE WORST STORM SHE'S
  • Embargoed: 29th September 2018 16:51
  • Keywords: Hurricane Florence damage businesses shops power
  • Location: WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES
  • City: WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Wind/Hurricane/Typhoons/Tornadoes
  • Reuters ID: LVA0018XQM43R
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Tropical Storm Florence trudged inland on Saturday (September 15), flooding rivers and towns, toppling trees and cutting power to nearly a million homes and businesses as it dumped huge amounts of rain on North and South Carolina, where five people have died.
    Florence diminished from hurricane strength as it came ashore on Friday, but forecasters said the 350-mile-wide storm's (560 km) slow progress across the two states could leave much of the region under water in the coming days.
    In downtown Wilmington, Gourmet Market manager Donna Stamm opened the store every day since Thursday. She said that the store didn't have a generator and most of the food had spoiled, but "all that stuff is replaceable and people are not replaceable."
    The National Hurricane Center said the storm would dump as much as 30 to 40 inches (76-102 cm) of rain on the southeastern coast of North Carolina and part of northeastern South Carolina, as well as up to 10 inches (25 cm) in southwestern Virginia.
    About 10 million people could be affected by the storm.
    A mother and baby were killed when a tree fell on their home in Wilmington. In Pender County, a woman died of a heart attack; paramedics trying to reach her were blocked by debris. Two people died in Lenoir County. A 78-year-old man was electrocuted attempting to connect extension cords while another man died when he was blown down by high winds while checking on his hunting dogs, a county spokesman said.
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