by Sébastien Duval RALEIGH, United States (AFP) — Rain-gorged rivers threatened further flooding on the storm-battered US East Coast Monday as the death toll from Hurricane Florence, now a tropical depression, jumped to 31. Emergency management authorities in North Carolina said an earlier toll of 17 had risen to 25 since Florence made landfall Friday as a Category 1 hurricane, with its aftermath threatening further flooding as well as potential dam failures and landslides. Six […]
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Floodwaters rise as killer storm stalks southeastern US
https://youtu.be/3NOOg9ip4c8 by Sébastien Duval Agence France Presse GRIFTON, United States (AFP) — Catastrophic floods raised the threat of landslides and dam failures across the southeastern United States on Monday, prolonging the agony caused by a killer hurricane that has left more than a dozen people dead and caused billions of dollars in damage. Downgraded to a tropical depression, Florence crept over South and North Carolina, dumping heavy rains on already flood-swollen river basins that […]
Tropical storm Florence leaves at least four dead in the US
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 […]
Watch: EBC US bureau reports on Hurricane Florence in the US; INC organizes emergency relief
In photos: Rescue teams help people trapped in floods as hurricane Florence makes landfall
Catastrophic’ Florence buffets US east coast
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 […]
Global stocks mixed amid trade worries, big US hurricane
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Global stocks were mixed on Wednesday, with Wall Street gyrating on the latest headlines connected to myriad trade conflicts and US airlines and insurers falling ahead of the arrival of a major hurricane. Bourses in London, Paris and Frankfurt all finished solidly higher, with some investors hunting for bargains after recent weakness, traders said. “Stocks have ticked up although traders remain nervous about the state of global trading […]
Hurricane Florence on collision course with Carolinas
by Sébastien DUVAL / with Leila Macor in Columbia, South Carolina Agence France Presse Hurricane Florence veered slightly to the southwest and weakened a bit on Wednesday but remained a powerful storm on course to deliver a potentially devastating blow to the Carolina coast. Georgia joined four other East Coast states issuing an emergency declaration as the latest forecasts showed Florence dumping torrential rain on the southern state. As Florence churned across the […]
