USA - Hurricane Florence - Satellite imagery captures massive size of Hurricane Florence / Florence
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(17 Sep 2018) STORYLINE Satellite imagery released by NASA TV shows the massive size of Hurricane Florence as it churns across the Atlantic Ocean on September 12th. The image was taken from a high definition camera outside the International Space Station. *** Hurricane Florence made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane, bringing a life-threatening storm surge and hurricane-strength winds to the North Carolina coast. The center of the eye of the hurricane made landfall in Wrightsville, North Carolina, and was moving slowly westward just south of Wilmington. Coastal and river communities on the north side of Florence are getting the worst of the flooding as the hurricane swirls onto land pushing a life-threatening storm surge. More than 415,000 homes and businesses were without power Friday morning according to poweroutage.us, which tracks the nation's electrical grid. Meanwhile, conditions in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina were relatively calm Septembe 14th. The Myrtle Beach area is expected to be hit with significant rain and strong winds later in the day. *** As floodwaters rose across southwest North Carolina, some residents were volunteering to carry out boat rescues in flooded neighbourhoods. Leroy McGee, a resident of Jacksonville, decided to volunteer with members of his church to check on homes in his neighbourhood. He and Matthew Drake, the pastor at Richlands United Pentecostal Church, came across two stranded dogs on an empty home's front porch and two cats, shivering and wet from the rain. The men, along with another church member, brought all four animals into their boat and onto land before determining where to keep them as floodwaters remained high. *** Flooding and storm damage could be seen from aerial footage shot on September 15th over New Bern and Nags Head in North Carolina. Though weakened, Tropical Storm Florence remains a very large, slow and dangerous storm as it swirls over the Carolinas. Forecasters say prolonged rainfall from Florence could produce catastrophic flash flooding and significant river flooding. *** The Marines, the Coast Guard, civilian crews and volunteers used helicopters, boats and heavy-duty vehicles Saturday to rescue hundreds of people trapped by Florence's shoreline onslaught, even as North Carolina braced for what could be the next stage of the disaster: widespread, catastrophic flooding inland. The death toll from the hurricane-turned-tropical storm climbed to 11. Coast Guard crew members were rescuing stranded people from swamped cars on September 15th. Coast Guard members said choppers had made about 50 rescues in and around New Bern and Jacksonville as of noon. Marines rescued about 20 civilians from floodwaters near Camp Lejeune, using Humvees and amphibious assault vehicles, the base reported. *** Days after Hurricane Florence pounded eastern North Carolina with high winds and heavy rain, residents in Trenton, an hour’s drive from the coast, are still flooded out. The murky, brown water didn’t keep residents Christopher Perry and John Holmes from visiting their homes on September 17th in a small boat. “Looking at all this is depressing but only thing you can do is just take it day by day, see how it goes from there,” said Holmes as he stood in a bedroom inside his home, which is still surrounded by water. Holmes and his family evacuated after waters rose, but other residents decided to stay. “The hurricane was bad enough,” said Rick Greene, whose home was surrounded by feet of water. “But what came afterwards was a lot worse than the hurricane with the water, and it came quick.” 00:53:18 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/baa8460f17a346c08640fbd1c517cfbf
