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by Lucie AUBOURG Agence France Presse CHARLESTON, United States (AFP) — Hurricane Dorian lashed the Carolinas with driving rain and fierce winds as it neared the US east coast Thursday after devastating the Bahamas and killing at least 20 people. Parts of downtown Charleston were flooded, with video footage showing people kayaking in the dark in gushing knee-deep water in the stately city on the coast of South Carolina. Trees bent in wind gusting […]
by Nicholas Kamm with Chris Lefkow in Washington Agence France Presse CONWAY, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump toured storm-battered areas of the Carolinas on Wednesday, handing out meals to residents and promising the “100 percent” support of the federal government to victims of Hurricane Florence. “Washington is with you. Trump is with you,” the president said during a briefing at emergency operations headquarters in Conway, South Carolina. Trump began his tour of […]
by Sebastien Duval with Leila Macor in Myrtle Beach Agence France Presse WILMINGTON, United States (AFP) — A woman and her baby were killed when a tree fell on their house and at least two other storm-related deaths were reported on Friday as Hurricane Florence slammed into the Carolinas, dousing the eastern US states with torrential rain and causing rivers to burst their banks. Hundreds of people needed to be rescued after becoming trapped […]
by Sebastien Duval with Leila Macor in Myrtle Beach Agence France Presse WILMINGTON, United States (AFP) — The outer edge of Hurricane Florence began buffeting the Carolinas with wind and rain on Thursday as forecasters warned the monster storm would trigger life-threatening flooding as it assaults the US east coast. As Florence churned slowly towards the coasts of North and South Carolina as a Category 2 hurricane, federal and state officials issued final appeals […]
