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Photos: Florence causes historic flooding in US Southeast

By Anchorage Daily News
Updated: September 17, 2018 Published: September 16, 2018

Related: Flooding fears surge as rivers rise; Wilmington cut off

A member of the North Carolina Task Force urban search and rescue team wades through a flooded neighborhood looking for residents who stayed behind as Florence continues to dump heavy rain in Fayetteville, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Members of the North Carolina Task Force urban search and rescue team wade through a flooded neighborhood looking for residents who stayed behind as Florence continues to dump heavy rain in Fayetteville, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Second Class David Kelley guides a car out of a flooded neighborhood in Lumberton, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018, in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence . (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Second Class Don Tantanella paddles the boat through shallow water as he patrols a neighborhood inundated with water in Lumberton, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018, in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence . (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

A man points out where people need assistance to members of the U.S. Coast Guard in Lumberton, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018 following flooding from Hurricane Florence. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Second Class David Kelley patrols a flooded neighborhood with residents in Lumberton, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018, following flooding from Hurricane Florence. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Members of the North Carolina Task Force urban search and rescue team wade through a flooded neighborhood looking for residents who stayed behind as Florence continues to dump heavy rain in Fayetteville, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Joe Wiggins peers from his front door of his water surrounded home after Hurricane Florence hit Emerald Isle N.C., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Tom Copeland)

Joe Wiggins takes a moment on the porch of his water surrounded home after Hurricane Florence hit Emerald Isle N.C.,Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Tom Copeland)

Joe Wiggins takes a moment on the porch of his water surrounded home after Hurricane Florence hit Emerald Isle N.C.,Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Tom Copeland)

Chris Lishka works to remove a tree from his roof after Hurricane Florence hit Emerald Isle N.C.,Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Tom Copeland)

The damaged Bogue Inlet Fishing Pier after Hurricane Florence hit Emerald Isle N.C.,Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Tom Copeland)

A hog farm is inundated with floodwaters from Hurricane Florence near Trenton, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

A South Carolina National Guard high water vehicle drives through floodwaters from Hurricane Florence in Latta, S.C., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Members of the North Carolina Task Force urban search and rescue team check cars in a flooded neighborhood looking for residents who stayed behind as Florence continues to dump heavy rain in Fayetteville, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Hog farm buildings are inundated with floodwater from Hurricane Florence near Trenton, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

A backhoe moves through the streets inundated with floodwaters from Hurricane Florence in Trenton, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

A backhoe moves through the streets inundated with floodwaters from Hurricane Florence in Trenton, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Chicken farm buildings are inundated with floodwater from Hurricane Florence near Trenton, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Cars try to navigate a flooded road leading to Interstate 40 in Castle Hayne, N.C., after damage from Hurricane Florence cut off access to Wilmington, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

A member of the U.S. Coast Guard walks down Mill Creek Road checking houses after tropical storm Florence hit Newport N.C., Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Tom Copeland)

Rescue personnel use a small boat as they go house to house checking for flood victims from Florence, now a tropical storm, in New Bern, NC., Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Members of the Nebraska Task Force 1 urban search and rescue team help load an elderly resident onto a bus as they evacuate an assisted living facility to a church as a precaution against potential flooding the city could see from tropical storm Florence in Fayetteville, N.C., Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

A man peers from his flooded home in Lumberton, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018, following flooding from Hurricane Florence. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Susan Hedgepeth is assisted along with her dog Cooper by members of the U.S. Coast Guard in Lumberton, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018, following flooding from Hurricane Florence. Hedgepeth was moved to higher ground. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Susan Hedgepeth is assisted along with her dog Cooper by members of the U.S. Coast Guard in Lumberton, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018, following flooding from Hurricane Florence. Hedgepeth was moved to higher ground. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

A car travels past a sinkhole in downtown Wilmington, N.C., after Hurricane Florence traveled through the area Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

People stand at the edge of floodwaters from Hurricane Florence in Latta, S.C., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Ernestine Crumpler, 80, is helped by members of the Nebraska Task Force 1 urban search and rescue team as they evacuate an assisted living facility to a church as a precaution against potential flooding the city could see from tropical storm Florence in Fayetteville, N.C., Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

A member of the U.S. Coast Guard assists Roger and Susan Hedgepeth in Lumberton, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018, following flooding from Hurricane Florence. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Resident Joseph Eudi looks at flood debris and storm damage from Hurricane Florence at a home on East Front Street in New Bern, N.C., Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018. (Gray Whitley/Sun Journal via AP)

Resident Alice Tolson steps over storm debris that washed up from the Neuse River at her home on East Front Street in New Bern, N.C., Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018, after Hurricane Florence sweeps over eastern North Carolina. (Gray Whitley/Sun Journal via AP)

New Bern firefighters check the safety of residents in a flood and wind damaged area of Johnson Street in historic New Bern, N.C., Sept. 15, 2018. Hurricane Florence brought high winds and storm surges to eastern North Carolina. (Gray Whitley/Sun Journal via AP)

A 40-foot yacht lies in the yard of a storm-damaged home on East Front Street in New Bern, N.C., Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018. The boat washed up with storm surge and debris from Hurricane Florence. (Gray Whitley/Sun Journal via AP)

A 40-foot yacht lies in the yard of a storm-damaged home on East Front Street in New Bern, N.C., Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018. The boat washed up with storm surge and debris from Hurricane Florence. (Gray Whitley/Sun Journal via AP)

Danny Hill pilots his boat past his neighbors' homes on Mill Creek Road after Hurricane Florence hit Newport N.C., Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Tom Copeland)

This satellite image provided by NOAA shows Tropical Depression Florence moving west across the United States on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018. (NOAA via AP)

Tommy Chisenhall saves a dog from a home on Mill Creek Road after Hurricane Florence hit Newport N.C., Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Tom Copeland)

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