Florence flooding spreads, rain continues

By Chuck Burton
Updated September 18 2018 - 5:06am, first published 5:01am
Floodwaters from hurricane Florence continue to rise as authorities try to rescue trapped residents.
Floodwaters from hurricane Florence continue to rise as authorities try to rescue trapped residents.

Emergency workers delivered truckloads of food and water to Wilmington, a city of 120,000 people cut off from the rest of North Carolina by Florence's still-rising floodwaters, as helicopters and boats pulled people from homes swamped by swollen rivers.

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