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Shoppers wait in line to be served at the pharmacy of a Walmart Inc. store ahead of Hurricane Florence in Charlotte, North Carolina, US Callaghan O'Hare / Bloomberg
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Waves slam the Oceana Pier and Pier House Restaurant in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina. Travis Long / The News & Observer via AP
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Jamie Thompson walks through flooded sections of East Front Street near Union Point Park in New Bern. Gray Whitley / Sun Journal via AP
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Rows of cots sit at a shelter ahead of Hurricane Florence at East Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte. Callaghan O'Hare / Bloomberg
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Tree leaves and branches are seen on the street as Hurricane Florence comes ashore in New Bern, North Carolina. Eduardo Munoz / Reuters
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Union Point Park is flooded with rising water from the Neuse and Trent Rivers. Gray Whitley / Sun Journal via AP
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A water line is seen in Thomas Lee's shed which flooded two years ago from Hurricane Matthew in Nichols, South Carolina. People in South Carolina are worried about the possibility of disastrous inland flooding from Hurricane Florence’s heavy rain. “If it floods like this again, you can just tell Nichols goodbye,” Lee said. David Goldman / AP Photo
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A message greets shoppers of supplies no longer available as Hurricane Florence approaches the east coast in Nichols, South Carolina. David Goldman / AP Photo
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Shoppers wait in line to be served at the pharmacy of a Walmart Inc. store ahead of Hurricane Florence in Charlotte, North Carolina, US Callaghan O'Hare / Bloomberg
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Waves slam the Oceana Pier and Pier House Restaurant in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina. Travis Long / The News & Observer via AP
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Jamie Thompson walks through flooded sections of East Front Street near Union Point Park in New Bern. Gray Whitley / Sun Journal via AP
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Rows of cots sit at a shelter ahead of Hurricane Florence at East Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte. Callaghan O'Hare / Bloomberg
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Tree leaves and branches are seen on the street as Hurricane Florence comes ashore in New Bern, North Carolina. Eduardo Munoz / Reuters
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Union Point Park is flooded with rising water from the Neuse and Trent Rivers. Gray Whitley / Sun Journal via AP
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A water line is seen in Thomas Lee's shed which flooded two years ago from Hurricane Matthew in Nichols, South Carolina. People in South Carolina are worried about the possibility of disastrous inland flooding from Hurricane Florence’s heavy rain. “If it floods like this again, you can just tell Nichols goodbye,” Lee said. David Goldman / AP Photo
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A message greets shoppers of supplies no longer available as Hurricane Florence approaches the east coast in Nichols, South Carolina. David Goldman / AP Photo
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Shoppers wait in line to be served at the pharmacy of a Walmart Inc. store ahead of Hurricane Florence in Charlotte, North Carolina, US Callaghan O'Hare / Bloomberg
Hurricane Florence latest: Five dead as storm drenches the Carolinas
Giant storm filled coastal areas with seawater as it approached US mainland
The National
15 September, 2018
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