People in North Carolina were paying attention to rising rivers Tuesday after storms gave the state its worst drenching since a damaging hurricane late last year. In Smithfield, a body was found in the Neuse by a crew cleaning storm debris, but it wasn't immediately clear if the death was caused by the weather. The National Weather Service said more than 8 inches (20 centimeters) had fallen in areas near Raleigh by Tuesday morning. Duke Energy said Tuesday afternoon that it had restored power to all but about 1,000 customers who lost it in North and South Carolina. Near downtown Smithfield, a maintenance crew cleaning storm debris from a bridge over the Neuse found the dead body Tuesday, State Department of Transportation spokesman Robert Broome said.

Source: ABC News April 25, 2017 13:52 UTC