The hurricane is now blamed for at least 19 deaths throughout the Carolinas, according to reports.
Roy Cooper on Sunday.
While the remnants of the Florence storm mass have moved on to the north, North Carolina is still facing the effects.
Larger rivers eventually will rise to flood stage as well."
In Union County, N.C., one-year-old Kaiden Lee-Welch was swept away from his mother’s grip after their car was pushed off the road and into trees by flood waters.
A search for him resumed Monday morning and his body was found in flood waters.
Other victims are: Rhonda R. Hartley, 30, who died early Sunday after driving a pickup truck into standing water near Gilbert, South Carolina.
A husband and wife died in a Fayetteville, North Carolina, house fire Friday A mother and her 8-month-old child were killed when a massive tree crushed their brick house Friday in Wilmington, North Carolina An 81-year-old man died while trying to evacuate Wayne County, North Carolina, on Friday A 78-year-old man was electrocuted in the rain while trying to connect extension cords for a generator in Lenoir County, North Carolina A 77-year old man died after he went outside to check on his hunting dogs and was blown down by strong winds Three people died in Duplin County, North Carolina, because of flash flooding and swift water on roadways Amber Dawn Lee, 61, died late Friday when the vehicle she was driving struck a tree near the town of Union, South Carolina ‘Cut Off From The Rest Of The State’ Flood waters left Wilmington virtually cut off Sunday as homes and businesses in the city and other parts of New Hanover County faced the threat of losing access to drinking water because a major utility is critically low on fuel.
They could lose drinking water if the agency doesn’t get needed fuel within 48 hours, and was considering options such as trying to get fuel by ship or aircraft.
Related coverage: Photo: Old vehicles are surrounded by flood water from the Neuse River September 16, 2018 in Kinston, North Carolina.