Florence’s strong winds may be dropping, but heavy rain and floodwaters are bringing wet misery to much of North and South Carolina. Soaking wet and without shoes, Covington was nervously watching the muddy water rushing nearby, wondering if they needed to seek shelter elsewhere. Johnson said he wanted to get home while Florence was still in South Carolina and before it made its predicted northerly hook over the Appalachian Mountains that separate the two states. “I felt the storm was leaving, I heard it went down to South Carolina. I’m like, beat the clock.”——Contributing to this report are Emery Dalesio from Goldsboro, North Carolina; and Russ Bynum, from Cheraw, South Carolina.

Source: National Post September 16, 2018 17:48 UTC