
Hurricane Florence
Florence leaves flooding, devastation in its wake
Florence's remnants are lingering along the East Coast days after it was downgraded from a hurricane, spawning deadly tornadoes and threatening downpours across the Northeast.

Linden, North Carolina
Kenny Babb retrieves a paddle that floated away from his home, surrounded by water from the Little River, on Sept. 18.
At least 33 people have died, mostly in North Carolina, during Florence and its aftermath, officials said. The storm is now a post-tropical cyclone.





Henrico County, Virginia
Trees are scattered across the ground after an apparent tornado touched down on Sept. 17.
Virginia Department of Emergency Management spokesman Jeff Caldwell said his agency considers the storms part of Hurricane Florence.







Coast Guardsmen check for residents who need to be rescued in a flooded area of Columbus County.
This corner of hurricane-ravaged North Carolina is so isolated that locals say there's just "one way in and one way out." Now, in the wake of Florence, the only way out for many on Monday was by boat or with the help of the National and Coast Guards.


One-year-old Oliver Kelly cries as he is carried off the sheriff's air boat during his rescue from rising floodwaters in Leland.