SPRING LAKE, N.C. — With Florence’s floodwaters receding in some places and still menacing others, tired and waterlogged North Carolinians are finally getting a chance to take stock of the destruction from the wind and floodwaters. When rivers spilled from their banks this week, many were forced to flee their homes in multiple inland cities. Now that waters are receding, property owners along its banks are picking through debris and figuring out what’s left of their homes and livelihood. Jose Perez-Santiago, an Afghanistan war veteran, retrieved belongings on Wednesday from a Spring Lake house swamped by the overflowing Little River. “The people hadn’t even finished putting it back together.”——Suderman reported from Wilmington, N.C. Associated Press journalists Jonathan Drew in Raleigh and David Goldman in Spring Lake contributed to this report.

Source: National Post September 21, 2018 04:07 UTC