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In Tabor City 15 residents were rescued from flooding on Ray Street during the night of September On Lake Waccamaw, large waves and a seiche flooded homes along the lakefront. Numerous trees, boats, and docks broke loose in the high water and battered homes along the shoreline. Around 80 percent of homes on Lake Waccamaw suffered damage due to falling trees, flooding, or battering from floating debris in the water.

Damage to trees from high winds was extensive, particularly In the eastern end of Columbus County. Power was lost to a portion of Whiteville when an electrical substation flooded. Here a high water mark is being surveyed over three feet above ground level on a metal shed. Still recovering from severe flooding suffered during Hurricane Matthew just two years earlier, Hurricane Florence brought more devastating flooding to downtown Fair Bluff.

Water several feet deep destroyed many businesses. Our survey crew found a high water mark 2. Flash flooding closed many roads and highways across Bladen County during and immediately after the hurricane. In the town of Bladenboro store windows were burst out by floodwaters, and a railroad track and its roadbed were washed away. The Cape Fear River eventually crested between two and six feet higher than during Hurricane Matthew, setting a new record stage at Lock and Dam 1.

The entire town of Kelly was evacuated due to life-threatening flooding that occurred when a foot wide breach opened in a dike along the Cape Fear River built in More than people had be to evacuated by air or by boat. Newspaper reports also indicated several hundred feet of White Oak road was devastated. A major log jam developed up against the U. Highway bridge over the Cape Fear River. Many trees and power lines were blown down by the wind.

Newspaper photos showed trees lying across NC highway 87, and a gas station canopy destroyed. In Bladenboro a church steeple was destroyed. Cassius Smith Rd. The bridge was not damaged despite the tremendous volume of debris in the water. Flash flooding closed a 9 mile stretch of Interstate 95 on September Floodwaters expanded on September 17, closing a 33 mile stretch of this major north-south highway. And by September 19th a nearly mile stretch of this major north-south highway was closed between Lumberton and Benson, NC.

The Interstate did not reopen until September The Lumber River is estimated to have crested near The Mayfair neighborhood just north of Lumberton was flooded up to eight feet deep. Significant flooding in the town of Pembroke flooded many homes and isolated neighborhoods.

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Robeson County Emergency Management reported over structures were damaged by the storm. Levees along the Lumber River held despite rumors that a breach had occurred. Thousands of sandbags stacked to protect the south and west sides of Lumberton did not hold back the floodwaters however.

Altogether nearly two million gallons of sewage spilled in Lumberton and the town of St. Pauls, affecting great Marsh Swamp and the Lumber River. Over 75 percent of customers lost power across Robeson County as many trees fell across power lines. Newspapers reported two fatalities occurred in Robeson County due to Florence: a year old woman died on September 23 on NC highway after driving around barricades and into a road washout.

An year old man died on September 16 after driving into a sinkhole near the town of Maxton. Significant flooding destroyed homes and businesses in low-lying parts of Lumberton.

This home near Meadow Branch a tributary of Fivemile Branch and the Lumber River was one of many gutted after the storm. The line of dead vegetation shows where high water persisted for several days. On September 17 local news media reported over people had been rescued from flooded homes and cars in the town of Loris. The Waccamaw River at Conway crested at a record Nearly homes and businesses near the river were flooded, many severely. Aberdeen Country club in Longs and the Bradford Creek neighborhood off Highway also flooded with up to three feet of water entering homes.

The community of Dongola in western Horry county was isolated for ten days. The flood wave continued to create devastation as it moved downstream through the towns of Bucksport and Socastee. A number of trees were blown down by high winds across the northern half of Horry County. Newspaper reports said around 80, customers were without power across the Grand Strand area. Relatively minor damage was reported to roofs, awnings, siding, and fences. Damage was lighter across the southern portion of Horry County.

At the end of November, Horry County Emergency Management reported that a total of homes in Conway and 1, homes in the rural portion of the county were damaged. A total of roads suffered damage or were washed out by flooding. Grand Strand Regional Medical Center was evacuated and closed in the days after the storm. The Horry County Coroner's office reported two fatalities in the town of Loris on September 14th due to carbon monoxide poisoning after a gasoline-powered electrical generator was run indoors.

Video via Robbie Bischoff. At Wilson Landing near the Waccamaw River.

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Lees Landing. Lees Landing Circle near the Waccamaw River. SC Highway bridge across Kingston Lake.


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Flooding is from nearby Crab Tree Swamp. Snow Hill Drive in Conway. Conway Elementary School.

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Waccamaw Drive. A flooded power line corridor near Waccamaw Drive. Flooding near the Conway City Marina. Severe flooding in Socastee, SC. Rosewood Drive in Socastee. This caused flooding of low area around around downtown Georgetown across several tide cycles. Particularly high water levels on September 28 flooded Constitution Park along Orange street and also covered Front Street.

Reports from Murrells Inlet and Pawleys Island indicate no significant damage occurred. There were some power outages during the storm, but buildings, piers, and beaches were largely undamaged. A 23 year old man died on September 16 when his truck overturned in floodwater along Plantersville Road north of Georgetown. Flooding was particularly severe in the Britton's Neck and Gresham communities. Many people were evacuated, and as of October 1 could still not access their homes due to flooding.

In the town of Nichols approximately homes recently rebuilt after flooding from Hurricane Matthew were damaged again. Flooding was described by residents as much worse than during Hurricane Matthew. Two hospital patients being transported by sheriff deputies on September 18th died in floodwaters along Highway 76 near Pee Dee Island Road between the towns of Nichols and Mullins.

News reports described they were driving through "very swift and deep water. Generally minor damage occurred to trees. At the storm's peak around 3, customers were without power across Marlboro County. Emergency Management officials were aware of six buildings destroyed and approximately more damaged across the county. Wind damage occurred to some trees and signs from wind gusts over 60 mph, but impacts were considered generally minor.

At the storm's peak around 12, customers were without power across Florence County. Flooding along the Lynches River prompted the evacuation of residents from the southern portion of the county on September 21st. Flooding on the Great Pee Dee River shut down a portion of the city of Florence's municipal water system on September Twenty-three county maintained roads were damaged due to the hurricane. A bridge on New Hopewell Road collapsed.

Lake Darpo Dam was damaged and will need over , dollars of repair work. Flooding damaged approximately homes throughout the county. An 81 year old man was killed after his vehicle was submerged in floodwaters along Carolina Church Road on September 19th. Interstate 95 was closed in South Carolina for several days after the storm due to flooding from the Pee Dee River.

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Very few storm impacts were noted across Williamsburg County. Hurricanes often trap sea birds in the calm of the eye, transporting them great distances out of the tropics. This was shown to occur in Hurricane Hugo, Hurricane Fran, and other strong storms in local history. Hurricane Florence did the same, with one sighting from Buckhorn Reservoir west of Wilson, NC reporting exceptionally rare birds for an inland location including a Trindade Petrel, Royal and Sandwich Terns, and even a Red-necked Phalarope.

The Washington Post has an article with more details on this remarkable sighting. NOAA: Hurricane Florence high-resolution imagery collected after the storm from airplane overflights.