At 5 a.m., the storm was centred about 35 kilometres southwest of Columbia, South Carolina. Dozens of electric repair trucks massed to respond to damage expected to hit central North Carolina as rainwater collected into rivers headed to the coast. Duke spokeswoman Paige Sheehan said about 1,530 cubic metres of ash were displaced at the Sutton Plant and that contaminated storm water likely flowed into the plant’s cooling pond. The dead included a mother and baby killed by a falling tree in Wilmington, North Carolina. Three died in one inland county, Duplin, because of water on roads and flash floods, authorities said.

Source: National Post September 16, 2018 05:03 UTC