Global & Disaster Medicine

Now come the floods…..

September 15th, 2018

Weather Channel

  • Hurricane Florence has knocked out power to more than 760,000 homes and businesses statewide.
  • Authorities have confirmed five deaths from the impacts of the storm.
  • Flash flooding emergencies declared in Carteret, Craven, Jones, Pamlico, and Wayne counties.
  • Blue Ridge Parkway and Appalachian Trail closed because of the storm.

“……..Two died in Wilmington after a tree was blown into a home…..a woman and her infant child died at the scene…….
A third death was confirmed…. when a woman suffered a fatal heart attack and first responders couldn’t reach her because of storm debris in the roadway….. A 78-year-old man was electrocuted when trying to connect extension cords outside….”

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