Sunday, October 9, 2016

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Carolina Beach, NC (Reuters) - Matthew is still growing over a week after the death and destruction the storm raging river threatened to North Carolina, as governor of the state of the sea, the wind, the rest of the Caribbean, leaving a trail of carnage from the US-led Southeast coast.

Matthew, the most powerful Atlantic hurricane since 2007, on Sunday after a tropical cyclone was downgraded his anger after nearly 900 people died in Haiti in the Caribbean. The number of deaths increased from 17 in the United States, and more than 2 million American homes and businesses lost power.

With five people missing and rivers rising, North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory hope he dies. Eight people in the state, he said, until now, have been killed by an increase in the count, and a lot of swelling rivers to record and will not crest for the day.

Many rivers and creeks of the coastal and inland communities were trampled or coastal storm surge, were under water, downed power lines and damaged homes and other dangerous situations to exist.

Princeville, the oldest city in the United States by African Americans, all of Sunday afternoon, 2,000 residents were told to evacuate because of flooding risks.

Anthony went from house to house around the imperative word order. City, which was devastated in 1999 by Hurricane Floyd, resin River, about 25 miles (40 km): Greenville is located in the north. Over 28.4 feet (8.7 meters) above flood the Rocky Mountains on Sunday after nearly 10 feet (3 meters) is expected to set a record, said Assistant Fire Chief Ronnie and rapper.

Many dams Cumberland County, south of the violation in the vicinity of Raleigh, Michael Martin, for the city: Fayetteville Fire Marshall, said by phone.

Swiftwater Rescue teams were warned and there is still water rescue calls and 701 255 people have been rescued, he said.

"Storm Matthew off the map, but it is still with us, and it is still lethal," said the governor, McCrory, "life and death" threats weekend forecast.

Dramatic rescue

The National Hurricane Center at 5 pm (2100 GMT), the hurricane center, according to the report, nearly 200 miles of Cape Hatteras (320 km) off the North Carolina coast and the land was far from. Stop all tropical storm warnings.

The storm still packed hurricane-force winds as far as the center, and tropical storm-force (150 km) 240 miles (390 kilometers) to 90 miles from the winds.

US President Barack Obama declared a state of emergency in Georgia and Florida, to help repair damaged infrastructure, freeing up federal money to state and debris removal.

Florida, Georgia and South Carolina five storm-related deaths, reported in one of the three.

McCrory 334 877 rescuers overnight delivery runs the risk of their lives.

"The defense team, and I got to know, they are really hard tired," McCrory said.

North Carolina, a state where the fire inland Cumberland County, where more than 500 rescued three people to help protect the roof of an SUV in a dramatic rescue.

Flash floods in creeks turned into a "boom, rivers raging" that swept cars off the road Saturday night, the New York Fire Department Battalion Chief Joe Downey said. He saved Saturday night and Sunday morning, 64 were part of a group of three out of the state.

"The waters around the SUV was on the roof," Downey said in a telephone interview. "It was bad. They had nowhere to go." Florence County, South Carolina, a vehicle trying to cross a flooded road was washed away, one person was killed, Governor Nikki Haley said.

Elsewhere in the state, officials said evacuees in coastal Charleston residents wait to come back and pick out the storm drain clearing debris near their homes.

Virginia, where more than 300,000 customers lost power, Norfolk city declared a state of emergency and urged its citizens to stay away from the road, while the Virginia Beach park, entertainment center of the city, off the Virginia Aquarium and libraries.

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