This satellite image provided by NOAA shows Hurricane Florence on the eastern coast of the United States on Friday, Sept. 14. ( Allen G. Breed/The Associated Press )Florence weakened to a tropical depression early Sunday and was crawling west at 13 kph. In Goldsboro, North Carolina, home of Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, roads that frequently flood were already closed Saturday by rushing water. 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. On Saturday evening, Duke Energy said heavy rains caused a slope to collapse at a coal ash landfill at a closed power station outside Wilmington, North Carolina.

Source: thestar September 16, 2018 13:30 UTC