A day after blowing ashore with 145 kph winds, Florence practically parked itself over land all day long and poured on the rain. As of 2 p.m., Florence was centred about 85 kilometres west of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, inching west at 6 kph — about as fast as a person walks. With half of the storm still out over the Atlantic, Florence continued to collect warm ocean water and dump it on land. The dead included a mother and baby killed when a tree fell on a house in Wilmington, North Carolina. South Carolina recorded its first death from the storm, with officials saying a 61-year-old woman was killed when her car hit a tree that had fallen across a highway.

Source: thestar September 15, 2018 17:02 UTC