Hurricane Florence is now a tropical storm, but its winds and heavy rain are still battering the Carolinas. North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper warned in a briefing Saturday morning that more people in the state are in danger now than when Florence made landfall there on Friday.
"The rainfall is epic and will continue to be," Cooper said.
The storm has killed at least nine people in North Carolina.
A mother and baby died when a tree crashed into their home, the Wilmington Police Department said on Twitter Friday afternoon. A 78-year-old man was killed while trying to connect extension cords outside in the rain, ABC News reported, citing Lenoir County Emergency Services Director Roger Dail. And a man was blown away by strong winds while outside checking on his dogs. The man's family found his body Friday morning, according to Dail.
Marcella Rucker
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